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Digital finance and migrant workers' urban integration: The mediation effect of the gender-earning gap

INTRODUCTION: In the context of the wide application of digital finance, whether digital finance promotes or inhibits migrant workers' urban integration is an important issue. METHODS: Based on microdata from the Chinese Social Survey (CSS) in 2019, we examined the mediation effects of inclusiv...

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Autores principales: Yang, Zhiheng, Liu, Tiantian, Xiao, Yao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9806269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36600946
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1076783
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Liu, Tiantian
Xiao, Yao
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description INTRODUCTION: In the context of the wide application of digital finance, whether digital finance promotes or inhibits migrant workers' urban integration is an important issue. METHODS: Based on microdata from the Chinese Social Survey (CSS) in 2019, we examined the mediation effects of inclusive digital finance on migrant workers' urban integration. RESULTS: The empirical results showed that digital finance promotes migrant workers' integration into urban life and has positive effects. When the digital finance index increases by 1 unit, the urban integration of migrant workers also increases by 0.599 units. The usage depth and digitization degree of digital finance are positively correlated with the assimilation process of urban migrant workers, with coefficients of 0.690 and 1.282, respectively. Using the intermediary effect model, it was found that the development of digital finance promotes migrant workers' integration into urban society by narrowing the gender gap in income. One unit of digital finance increases the income of female migrant workers by 144.4% points greater than that of male migrant workers. It significantly improves the ability of female migrant workers to obtain wealth and promotes their integration into cities and family migration. DISCUSSION: It is necessary to strengthen the promotion and utilization of digital finance to enhance its positive impact on the assimilation process of urban migrant workers by strengthening the construction of digital financial infrastructure, improving supporting policies related to the development of digital finance and improving the financial literacy of migrant workers, especially female migrant workers.
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spelling pubmed-98062692023-01-03 Digital finance and migrant workers' urban integration: The mediation effect of the gender-earning gap Yang, Zhiheng Liu, Tiantian Xiao, Yao Front Public Health Public Health INTRODUCTION: In the context of the wide application of digital finance, whether digital finance promotes or inhibits migrant workers' urban integration is an important issue. METHODS: Based on microdata from the Chinese Social Survey (CSS) in 2019, we examined the mediation effects of inclusive digital finance on migrant workers' urban integration. RESULTS: The empirical results showed that digital finance promotes migrant workers' integration into urban life and has positive effects. When the digital finance index increases by 1 unit, the urban integration of migrant workers also increases by 0.599 units. The usage depth and digitization degree of digital finance are positively correlated with the assimilation process of urban migrant workers, with coefficients of 0.690 and 1.282, respectively. Using the intermediary effect model, it was found that the development of digital finance promotes migrant workers' integration into urban society by narrowing the gender gap in income. One unit of digital finance increases the income of female migrant workers by 144.4% points greater than that of male migrant workers. It significantly improves the ability of female migrant workers to obtain wealth and promotes their integration into cities and family migration. DISCUSSION: It is necessary to strengthen the promotion and utilization of digital finance to enhance its positive impact on the assimilation process of urban migrant workers by strengthening the construction of digital financial infrastructure, improving supporting policies related to the development of digital finance and improving the financial literacy of migrant workers, especially female migrant workers. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9806269/ /pubmed/36600946 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1076783 Text en Copyright © 2022 Yang, Liu and Xiao. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Yang, Zhiheng
Liu, Tiantian
Xiao, Yao
Digital finance and migrant workers' urban integration: The mediation effect of the gender-earning gap
title Digital finance and migrant workers' urban integration: The mediation effect of the gender-earning gap
title_full Digital finance and migrant workers' urban integration: The mediation effect of the gender-earning gap
title_fullStr Digital finance and migrant workers' urban integration: The mediation effect of the gender-earning gap
title_full_unstemmed Digital finance and migrant workers' urban integration: The mediation effect of the gender-earning gap
title_short Digital finance and migrant workers' urban integration: The mediation effect of the gender-earning gap
title_sort digital finance and migrant workers' urban integration: the mediation effect of the gender-earning gap
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9806269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36600946
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1076783
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