Research Article

Has Internet Usage Really Narrowed the Gender Wage Gap?: Evidence from Chinese General Social Survey Data

Table 3

Benchmark regression results of Internet usage on the wage equation.

VariableFull samples’ wage equationMale samples’ wage equationFemale samples’ wage equation

Iu1085.44
(413.40)
2108.83
(621.65)
56.82
(501.64)
Gender19393.15
(1080.94)
nawe582.24
(55.44)
438.66
(72.70)
706.24
(79.04)
yoe1361.22
(189.43)
1592.34
(327.37)
1166.54
(216.68)
Age6652.56
(491.03)
6972.47
(678.23)
6819.47
(736.93)
Age2-85.08
(6.29)
-86.64
(8.42)
-89.16
(9.80)
hrs2078.36
(1290.46)
5610.49
(1883.26)
-929.51
(1646.20)
ms-2779.54
(1570.17)
2077.22
(2079.86)
-10581.37
(2322.07)
myoe41.63
(158.55)
96.13
(244.29)
165.49
(183.69)
ahi0.35
(0.02)
0.42
(0.03)
0.26
(0.02)
Constant-142252.3
(9496.61)
-149225.7
(13635.43)
-122991.5
(13245.06)
57.11%61.67%49.52%
Sample size483225132319

Note: represents and represents . Numbers in parentheses are robust standard errors.