Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185316 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11856
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
A growing wave of co-location programmes promises to boost growth for entrepreneurs and young firms. Despite great public and policy interest we have little idea whether such programmes are effective. This paper categorises accelerators and incubators within a larger family of co-location interventions. We then develop a single framework to theorise workspace-level impacts. We summarise available evaluation evidence and sketch implications for regional economic policy. We find clear evidence programmes are effective overall. But we know little about how effects operate – or who benefits. Providers and policymakers should experiment further to establish optimal designs.
Subjects: 
entrepreneurship
incubators
accelerators
clusters
cities
economic development
JEL: 
L26
O32
R30
R58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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