Abstract:

Based on the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) dating from 2010 to 2020, this paper analyzed the impact of childcare on female entrepreneurship through the Linear Probability Model (LPM) and two–stage least square(2SLS). The results showed that childcare has a significantly negative impact on female entrepreneurship activity, especially opportunistic entrepreneurship. Meanwhile, the heterogeneity analysis indicated that the female entrepreneurship of different groups could be affected by childcare, particularly for the age of 20-29 years old, families with children of 0-2 years old, multiple-child families, and rural females. Furthermore, the paper finds that housework time for women increased by undertaking the responsibility of childcare. It was difficult for women to consider childcare and entrepreneurship activity for the scarcity of time. However, the village or community with kindergartens and elementary schools relieves the stress on women and reduces the crowding-out effect of childcare for women's entrepreneurship.

Key words:

childcare, female entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship style differences, group differences, public childcare facilities