互联网使用如何影响返乡创业绩效?——来自全国返乡创业抽样调查的证据

How Does Internet Use Influence the Performance of Return Migrants'Entrepreneurship?Evidence from a National Survey of Return Migrants'Entrepreneurship

在新型城镇化、县域城乡融合与互联网应用扩张交叠的背景下,互联网使用对返乡创业的影响值得关注。本文使用2017年全国返乡创业抽样调查数据,考察了经营活动中的互联网使用对返乡创业绩效的影响。研究结果表明:互联网使用对返乡创业绩效具有显著提升效应。该结论在选取历史数据作为工具变量以及多种稳健性检验后依然成立。机制分析表明:互联网使用通过促进经营创新和政策支持的获得,提升了返乡创业绩效。异质性分析表明:互联网提升返乡创业绩效的效应在初次创业者和低学历创业者中更大。据此,深化创新和补足创业支持政策短板是进一步释放互联网时代县域经济与就业创业红利的重要切入点。

In the context of new urbanization,county-level urban-rural integration,and the expansion of internet applications,the impact of internet use on returning migrants'entrepreneurship is worth noting.This paper uses data from a 2017 national survey on returning migrants'entrepreneurship to examine the impact of internet use in business activities on the performance of the ventures.The empirical results indicate that internet use significantly improves the performance of returning migrants'entrepreneurship.This conclusion holds true after using historical data as an instrumental variable and conducting various robustness tests.Mechanism analysis reveals that internet use promotes the performance of returning migrants'entrepreneurship through boosting business innovation and securing policy support.Heterogeneity analysis indicates that the impact of internet use on the performance of returning migrants'entrepreneurship is more pronounced among first-time entrepreneurs and those with lower education levels.Therefore,deepening innovation and filling gaps in entrepreneurship support policies are crucial for further unlocking the potential of economic development and employment at the county level in the internet era.