Emprendimiento, inmigrantes y municipios rurales: el caso de España

Abstract

Many rural areas have experienced development downturn throughout most of the 20th century. Usually, immigrants have been considered as labour force. However, they often choose to become entrepreneurs. Relevant literature suggests evidences that immigrants are more entrepreneurially active than local inhabitants. The objective of this study is to verify how local conditions in rural areas as well as characteristics of immigrants influence individuals to become entrepreneurs. The results indicate that an immigrant has a higher likelihood of becoming an entrepreneur. Residing in a rural community positively influences the likeliness of being involved in entrepreneurial activities; however this is mainly true for Spaniards, since immigrants are not influenced by rurality.

Geographical trajectories, biographical determinants and (new) place political elites in selected remote rural areas of north‐central Spain

“…Immigration processes to rural areas favour the demographic revitalisation in a geographically localised manner (Mancilla et al . ). There are currently 8117 municipalities in Spain and 3719 intra‐municipal territorial local entities (Ministerio de Administraciones Públicas ).…”

Entrepreneurship and Adolescents

“…The initiatives undertaken by immigrants are rapidly spreading across Spain, a clear example of this is that the immigrants do not only hold job positions, but they are also a source of job creation (Solé & Parella, 2005). According to the study by Mancilla, Viladomiu and Guallarte (2010) foreigners in Spain are more entrepreneurial than Spanish nationals therefore being an immigrant increases the probability of generating an entrepreneurial activity.…”

Nova ruralitat a Catalunya a les últimes dècades: diversificació, emprenedoria i ocupació

“…D'altra banda, diferents estudis realitzats durant aquells anys (Vaillant i Lafuente, 2012;Viladomiu et al, 2004, Mancilla et al, 2010 van manifestar un grau d'emprenedoria molt elevat als municipis rurals de Catalunya. L'estudi de la Fundació Empresa i Ciència 4 sobre «Empresaris i empreses en el món rural català», realitzat el 2002-2003, tenia per objectiu analitzar els trets distintius de l'empresariat de les zones rurals catalanes així com també identificar els reptes per desenvolupar la seva activitat en aquests territoris.…”