The Effect of Rural-to-urban Labour Migration on Poverty Reduction in Ethnic Poverty-stricken Areas of Western China
The Effect of Rural-to-urban Labour Migration on Poverty Reduction in Ethnic Poverty-stricken Areas of Western China
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DOI：
10.11617/jrse.36.2_73
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2019-02
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Longkui Wang;N. Takashino;K. Fuyuki
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作者：
Longkui Wang;N. Takashino;K. Fuyuki
劳动力向城镇转移是中国农村促进就业、增加收入、减少贫困的有效途径。然而，随着经济放缓和人口红利有限，关于农村劳动力向城市迁移是否仍能发挥重要作用的辩论越来越多。本文利用区域数据，考察了中国西部贫困地区农村劳动力向城市迁移的减贫效应。结果表明，农村劳动力向城市迁移对农民增收和减贫具有显著的正效应，但影响系数并没有逐年下降，不同民族之间存在差异。因此，政府应采取有针对性的政策，鼓励和支持农村劳动力转移，特别是对难以通过当地生产改善生计的贫困少数民族地区。沿着，更多的扶持政策或项目应关注特定民族的农村移民。
Rural-to-urban labour migration is a well-known effective way to promote employment, improve income and reduce poverty in rural China. However, there has been a growing debate on whether the rural-to-urban labour migration could still play an important role as an economic slowdown and limited demographic dividend. Using a regional dataset, the present paper examines the effect of rural-to-urban labour migration on poverty reduction in poverty-stricken areas of Western China. The results show that rural-urban labour migration has a significant positive effect on improving income and reducing poverty, while the influence coefficient has not declined yearly, there is however a gap among different ethnic groups. Therefore, the government should adopt targeted policies to encourage and support rural labour migration, especially for poor ethnic-minority areas where it is difficult to improve livelihoods through local production. Along with this, more supporting policies or projects should pay attention to rural migrants of certain ethnic groups.