数字经济对流动人口性别工资差距的影响——来自中国城市的经验证据

The Impact of the Digital Economy on the Gender Wage Gap among Floating Population—Empirical Evidence from Chinese Cities

摘要: 数字经济的快速发展深刻影响了劳动力就业的各个方面，性别工资收入分配格局也会随之发生新变化，研究基于2011~2018年中国流动人口动态监测调查数据，使用分位点回归与Oaxaca-Blinder分解研究数字经济对流动人口性别工资差距的影响及其作用机制。研究发现，数字经济整体通过提升女性个人禀赋与降低性别歧视显著缩小了流动人口性别工资差距。并且经过异质性检验发现数字经济对低收入群体、青年群体和未婚群体的流动人口有更好的性别工资差距缩小作用。

Abstract: The rapid development of the digital economy has profoundly impacted various aspects of labor employment, and it also brings new changes to the gender wage distribution pattern. Based on the Dynamic Monitoring Survey Data of Floating Population in China from 2011 to 2018, this study employs quantile regression and Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition to investigate the impact of the digital economy on the gender wage gap among floating population and its underlying mechanisms. The findings reveal that the digital economy overall reduces the gender wage gap among floating population by enhancing women’s individual endowments and decreasing gender discrimination. Heterogeneity tests further indicate that the digital economy has a more significant effect on narrowing the gender wage gap among low-income, young, and unmarried floating population groups.