The Impact of Internet Use on Education-Job Matching:Empirical Findings from the 2016～2020 CFPS
The construction of digital economy is an important way to form new quality productivity and promote high-quality full employment through establishing high-quality intelligent talent team.As an indicator of the digital economy development,internet use plays an important role in optimizing factors and allocating resources in the labor market,and it has profound impacts on the economy and individuals'behavior.Utilizing data of the China Family Panel Studies(CFPS),this study examines the impact of internet use on educational mismatch,and explores its mechanisms and heterogeneities.The results show that(1)Internet use significantly reduces the educational mismatch.Compared to mobile internet,using internet via PC has more significant impacts in reducing the extent of educational mismatch.(2)Internet use helps to correct the educational mismatch through improving human capital and social capital accumulation,and then promoting individuals'upward occupational mobility.(3)The effect of internet use is heterogeneous in that highly educated individuals and males are more benefited through internet use.Final remark is made on the policy implications of improving internet use in labor market and promoting high-quality full employment.
Internet UseHigh-Quality Full EmploymentEducational MismatchHuman CapitalSocial Capital
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