数字经济对西部地区女性灵活就业的影响OA

Digital economy is one of the core engines driving the high-quality development of China's economy,and its impact on women's flexible employment in the labor market has become increasingly prominent.Based on six waves of data from China Family Panel Studies(CFPS)spanning 2012 to 2022 and macroeconomic data of 12 provinces,autonomous regions and municipalities(directly under the central government)in Western China,this paper adopted the Logit model and fixed effect model to explore the impact of digital economy on women's flexible employment in Western China and its mechanism of action.The results showed that:digital economy had a significant dual promotion effect on women's flexible employment in Western China,as it could boost their choice of flexible employment and improve the quality of their flexible employment,and this conclusion held true after multiple robustness tests;labor skill level and individual reputation had a positive moderating effect on the employment quality improvement,with the promotion effect being more prominent for highly skilled and high-reputation women;there were significant group heterogeneities in the impact of digital economy on the quality of women's flexible employment,digital economy had a more obvious effect on improving the quality of flexible employment for low-income women,rural women and women aged 45 and above,and also exerted a significant promotion effect on high-income women although with a relatively weaker magnitude,while its promotion effect on urban women had not yet formed a stable mechanism,and its marginal effect on young women was weak.Accordingly,this paper proposes to fully unleash the promotion potential of digital economy for women's flexible employment by improving the construction of digital infrastructure,strengthening digital skill training,building a social reputation incentive mechanism,and implementing targeted support policies for vulnerable women groups such as low-income,rural residents and middle-aged and elderly women.