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- Pettersson, Lars, et al.
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Do startups in the agricultural sector generate employment in the rest of the economy? : An arellano-bond dynamic panel study
- 2011
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Ingår i: Social capital and development trends in rural areas. - Kyoto : MARG (Marginal Areas Research Group). - 9784907830076 ; , s. 255-273, s. 255-273
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- By means of an Arellano-Bond dynamic panel data study of Swedish data over 1993-2004, it is concluded that startups in the agricultural and forestry sector may cause startups in the remaining sectors of the Swedish economy. Thus, new entries in the agricultural and forestry sector may lead to dynamic effects, which may lead to employment in completely other sectors of the economy. The agricultural and forestry small-business sector is therefore a very important factor in the quest to reduce unemployment and to increase the economic growth in Sweden. Another important finding, outside of the main purpose of this paper, is that the per capita propensity to start a new firm is significantly higher in rural areas compared to urban areas. Consequently, people in rural areas are more entrepreneurial per capita (in the context of starting new firms) compared to the population living in urban areas. A substantially high fraction of the rural population faces the forced option of unemployment or self-employment. However, fortunately, a disproportionally high share of the rural population chooses the latter alternative.
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- Westin, Lars, 1953-, et al.
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Joint facilities and the creation of social capital in the Swedish countryside
- 2011. - 1
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Ingår i: Social capital and development trends in rural areas. - Kyoto : MARG, Graduate School of Urban Management, Kyoto University, Japan. - 9784907830076 ; , s. 71-89
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper we suggest that joint facilities are an important but often neglected part in the process of creating local social capital in the Swedish countryside. Generally, countryside households are property owners and thus also engaged in some management association for joint facilities. To some extent, the associations hence have a similar function as a very small municipality although with only one or a narrow set of tasks. The possibility to negotiate in case of conflicting interest is more limited, a fact that is often a source of "irritation" in the associations. Instead the social control of utilisation, the possibility for close interaction, and the simplicity in information sharing give the small unit an advantage compared with a municipality. In this respect, the associations has more resemblances to ordinary private self-managed clubs or cooperatives, even if membership is not personal but linked with entry and exit from a specific set of propety market.We observe that management of such facilities is a part of a learning process related to institutional culture, conflict resolution, and a common management for creation of built assets. The associations create and maintain tangible but equally important asset in the form of social capital. The associations for management of joint facilities may thus be part of of a policy for wealth creation and diversity in tjhe provision of local public andclub goods in the countryside.We also observe that when social capital in esrtimations of local growth is instrumentalised by memberships in choirs, sport associations, local folklore societies etc., it may be the case that membership in joint facilities, often an omitted variable, play an equally important role for the local growth through their role as arenas for collective action, learmning and conflict resolution.
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- Westlund, Hans, et al.
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Change the Social Structure and Social Capital
- 2011
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Ingår i: Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol. 6. - Kyoto : MARG, Kyoto University 2011. - 9784907830076 ; , s. 1-8
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- Westlund, Hans
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Societal Entrepreneurship and Social Capital
- 2011
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Ingår i: Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol. 6.. - Kyoto : MARG (Marginal Areas Research Group). - 9784907830076 ; , s. 9-20
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