While rural areas are more dependent on manufacturing than their urban peers, they are less likely to participate in global markets. Researchers at Penn State have identified several factors that explain why, with differences in innovation capacity—the share of workers in occupations associated with greater patent production and the extent to which a location fosters inter-industry idea exchange—playing the most significant role.
Rural manufacturing exports linked to innovation
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