Based on survey data from 4074 individuals across 18 provinces in China, this paper constructs a four-dimensional digital capability indicator system encompassing digital access, digital cognition, digital skills, and digital application to empirically examine the impact and transmission mechanisms of digital capability on workers’ employment stability. The results find that digital capability significantly enhance workers’ employment stability, with varying degrees of influence across different dimensions; digital application has the most significant effect, while digital cognition plays a relatively weaker role. The promoting effect of digital capability on employment stability is particularly notable for workers with agricultural household registration and lower educational levels, showing a clear compensatory effect. Mechanism tests further indicate that digital capability primarily enhances employment stability through three pathways: optimizing person-job matching, expanding social capital, and improving earnings, whereas the mediating effect of professional and technical skills is not significant. The results reveal the skill-based returns logic in the digital ear, which has important policy implications for bridging the digital divide, building an inclusive digital employment environment, and enhancing workers’ digital capability.
LU Xiao-jun
. Research on the impact mechanism of digital capability on workers’ employment stability:An empirical study based on 4074 micro - level survey data across 18 provinces in China[J]. Urban Problems, 2025
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DOI: 10.13239/j.bjsshkxy.cswt.251004
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