Abstract: With the development of economy, the traditional employment model is broken, and new employment forms with more flexibility are emerging. Based on the data from the 2018 China Migrant Population Dynamic Monitoring Survey (CMDS), this paper uses the instrumental variable method and the O-B decomposition method to analyze the gender differences in the rate of return to education of the migrant population under the new format. The results show that the female labor force in the floating population is at a disadvantage in terms of income level and educational return rate, and its career upward space is squeezed. The heterogeneity analysis shows that under the flexible employment mode, the female labor force adopts the close mobility mode and chooses the tertiary industry occupation to help them release the human capital potential; The return rate of labor force education showed a "U" trend with the income. The return to education of the labor force increases, but the gender gap in the return rate also widens further. Based on this, this paper proposes measures to encourage floating population to participate in the construction of new business forms, to guide women to participate in employment with their own characteristics, and to improve the work income of non-fixed employers through re-education and re-training.

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