%0 Journal Article
%T The Impact of Parental Entrepreneurship on ChildrenĄ¯s Health
%A Hui Wang
%J Open Journal of Business and Management
%P 585-605
%@ 2329-3292
%D 2018
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojbm.2018.63045
%X <div style=\"text-align:justify;\">
	ChildrenĄ¯s health has always been a concern, under the background of a new
wave of entrepreneurship, this paper uses China health and nutrition survey
(CHNS) data, selects the age of the child height ratio (HAZ) score to measure
childrenĄ¯s health, the OLS regression model, the treatment effect model and
tendency to score matching (PSM), and other methods to investigate the influence
of parents entrepreneurship for childrenĄ¯s health. The study found
that at least one parent business, under the condition of childrenĄ¯s health is
relatively low, the result is in step with the result of whether parents start a
business. In addition, there are gender differences in childrenĄ¯s health; only
children are in better health. The health endowment of parents also has an
impact on childrenĄ¯s health. This article from the perspective of parents entrepreneurship
researches entrepreneurship influence on childrenĄ¯s health,
there are two main mechanisms, the first is money: it brings the income that is
beneficial to childrenĄ¯s health; this article examines the entrepreneurship that
can bring income premium; estimation results show that the venture has a
significant positive effect on monthly income. The second is time: entrepreneurship
to reduce the harm to childrenĄ¯s health care time; estimation results
show that the entrepreneurial significantly reduces the time for childrenĄ¯s
care; two mechanisms are negative; there is a relation of offsetting each other;
parents start-ups do significantly reduce the childrenĄ¯s health level.
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%K Entrepreneurship
%K ChildrenĄ¯s Health
%K PSM
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=85132