Digital Technology Usage,Non-Cognitive Abilities,and Worker Skill Premiums:An Empirical Study Based on CFPS
The study integrates non-cognitive abilities into the theoretical model to analyze the influence of digital technology utilization on workers'employment income and skill premiums.Employing CFPS data spanning from 2016 to 2020,we conducted an empirical investigation into the impact of digital technology usage and non-cognitive abilities on workers'skill premiums,as well as the moderating influence of non-cognitive abilities in the correlation between digital technology usage and skill premiums.The research concludes that both digital technology usage and non-cognitive abilities exert a significant positive effect on workers'income levels.Specifically,digital technology usage augments workers'skill premiums,while individual non-cognitive abilities substantially enhance skill premiums.This finding maintains its validity even after addressing endogeneity issues and performing a series of robustness tests.The moderating effect analysis indicates that non-cognitive abilities positively mediate the influence of digital technology usage on labor income and skill premiums.Heterogeneity analysis demonstrates that the impact of digital technology usage on workers'skill premiums is more pronounced among individuals with lower work experience,females,and urban labor groups,whereas the positive influence of non-cognitive abilities on skill premiums is more significant among males and urban labor groups.Consequently,it is imperative for the government and society to focus on promoting the adoption of digital technologies and enhancing individual non-cognitive abilities to facilitate an increase in workers'labor income,while also addressing the intragroup differentiation within the labor force.
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