Predicting Firm Creation in Rural Texas: A Multi-Model Machine Learning Approach to a Complex Policy Problem

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Evaluates Texas counties between 2008 and 2018 to identify factors contributing to entrepreneurship for rural areas. Discusses how healthcare, elder care, and child care predict growth in entrepreneurship. Compares predictive factors for rural areas with urban predictive factors. Makes recommendations for research, policy, and scholarship for rural entrepreneurship.

Mark C. Hand, Vivek Shastry, Varun Rai

PLOS ONE, 18(6), e0287217

06/2023

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Access · Aging and aging-related services · Child care · Community and economic development · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Texas