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<p>Drawing on human capital theory, this study investigates how formal education, village entrepreneurial intensity, and clan culture shape entrepreneurial entry in rural areas, using large-scale longitudinal data from the China Labour Dynamic Survey (2012–2018). The analysis reveals an inverted U-shaped relationship between formal education and both necessity-driven and opportunity-driven entrepreneurship, indicating that additional education initially increases but eventually decreases the likelihood of entrepreneurial entry. Moreover, village entrepreneurial intensity broadens access to opportunity-driven entrepreneurship by lowering the educational threshold required to recognize and pursue opportunities, while clan culture exerts a stronger influence on necessity-driven entrepreneurship by enabling individuals with limited formal education to start businesses through kinship-based support. The findings underscore that the impacts of education on entrepreneurship are context dependent, offering new insights into the boundary conditions of human capital in rural entrepreneurship.</p>

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The impact of education on entrepreneurial entry in rural areas: the role of village entrepreneurial intensity and clan culture in emerging economies

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    2026年2月28日

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  • Danny Soetanto,
  • Qihai Huang,
  • Shuangfa Huang,
  • Xiaoying Li,
  • Guowei Cai

摘要

Drawing on human capital theory, this study investigates how formal education, village entrepreneurial intensity, and clan culture shape entrepreneurial entry in rural areas, using large-scale longitudinal data from the China Labour Dynamic Survey (2012–2018). The analysis reveals an inverted U-shaped relationship between formal education and both necessity-driven and opportunity-driven entrepreneurship, indicating that additional education initially increases but eventually decreases the likelihood of entrepreneurial entry. Moreover, village entrepreneurial intensity broadens access to opportunity-driven entrepreneurship by lowering the educational threshold required to recognize and pursue opportunities, while clan culture exerts a stronger influence on necessity-driven entrepreneurship by enabling individuals with limited formal education to start businesses through kinship-based support. The findings underscore that the impacts of education on entrepreneurship are context dependent, offering new insights into the boundary conditions of human capital in rural entrepreneurship.