Does persistence make you healthy? An empirical study on female entrepreneurs from China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nowadays, more and more women are engaging in entrepreneurial activities. Meanwhile, female entrepreneurs' health problems have been increasingly reported worldwide. What factors would influence female entrepreneurs' health are the subject of this paper.

Methods

This paper focuses on the effects of entrepreneurial experience and age of firm on female entrepreneurs' health through the analysis of 2 years of tracking data in the Bohai Economic Rim, which is one of the most developed areas for entrepreneurial activities in China.

Results

Results from the samples of female entrepreneurs demonstrate that increasing entrepreneurial experience and growing firm age could help female entrepreneurs to activate multiple positive identities. These identities can help f

SUBMITTER: Jia H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8425461 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature