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Which groups benefit more? Evidence from the impact of the digital economy on the gender wage gap

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  • Yanzhen Wang
  • Baohui Huang
  • Yu Pan
  • Panglin Shao

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Employing China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) survey data from 2014 to 2018, this paper studies the impact of the digital economy on the gender wage gap. Benchmark results suggest that the digital economy can significantly narrow the gender wage gap. The mechanism analysis shows that the digital economy bridges the gender wage gap by reducing family care burdens and improving the employment quality in favour of women. The heterogeneity analysis shows that the digital economy is conducive to narrowing the gender wage gap of the group with low and medium labour skills and the group with higher family burdens, suggesting the inclusiveness of the digital economy for disadvantaged women. These findings have important policy implications and provide evidence for improving women’s economic condition and narrowing the gender wage gap.

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  • Yanzhen Wang & Baohui Huang & Yu Pan & Panglin Shao, 2024. "Which groups benefit more? Evidence from the impact of the digital economy on the gender wage gap," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(58), pages 8462-8480, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:56:y:2024:i:58:p:8462-8480
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2023.2290597
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