Facteurs d’implantation de l’ESS dans les territoires : proposition pour une nouvelle modélisation

A great deal of research has been done in France to measure the size of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) at different geographical levels. This work comes from two traditions: one is founded on descriptive statistics (relying on a delimitation of the SSE and a stabilized quantitative methodology), while the other uses qualitative data to better understand the factors that account for the size of the SSE (historical, geographical, socioeconomic, etc.). There are some persistent challenges to studying the size and the role of the SSE in territorial development, and more work needs to be done on the factors that affect the geographical establishment of SSE organizations. This article proposes a statistical model that makes it possible to study the relationships between the socioeconomic characteristics of a given territory and the establishment of the SSE there.