abstract: 'Migration is an important way for rural labourers to break the uneven

  distribution of resources, earn more income and seek their own

  sustainable development. However, existing studies have focused more on

  rural-urban migration and less on geographical migration. Our study

  further enriches the existing research on poverty reduction and provides

  a theoretical reference for policy decisions to promote a balanced

  regional development. Using data from the China Family Panel Studies

  (CFPS) 2012-2020, we conduct benchmark estimates through linear

  probability models and estimate the impact of migration on the relative

  poverty of the rural labourer through binary probit models. The results

  show that migration could significantly reduce the likelihood of a

  relatively poor state of rural labourers by around 4\%; the greater the

  distance of migration, the greater the effects; and migration of rural

  labourers in the central region has the largest and most significant

  relative poverty reduction effect. Furthermore, migration could also

  compensate for the disadvantages of rural labourers who are unemployed,

  less educated and in poor health, making them less likely to be

  relatively poor. We also use multiple linear models to examine whether

  migration has a significant income-boosting effect on the rural people

  and found a positive result in which the effect reaches its highest in

  the central region at 22.95\%. Therefore, it is necessary to further

  break down the barriers to geographical migration of rural labourers,

  strengthen the public transportation system and pay greater attention to

  Central China in order to better promote balanced development among

  regions.'
affiliation: 'Xu, N (Corresponding Author), Univ Int Business \& Econ, Sch Int Trade
  \& Econ, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China.

  Xu, Ning, Univ Int Business \& Econ, Sch Int Trade \& Econ, Beijing 100029, Peoples
  R China.

  Li, Chang''an, Univ Int Business \& Econ, Sch Govt, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China.'
article-number: '6248'
author: Xu, Ning and Li, Chang'an
author-email: nxu11@foxmail.com
author_list:
- family: Xu
  given: Ning
- family: Li
  given: Chang'an
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3390/su15076248
eissn: 2071-1050
files: []
journal: SUSTAINABILITY
keywords: rural labour; migration; relative poverty
keywords-plus: 'LOCAL-EMPLOYMENT GROWTH; NONFARM EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SELECTION;

  LABOR-MARKET; IMPACT; INCOME; WORK'
language: English
month: APR
number: '7'
number-of-cited-references: '77'
papis_id: f5fef8a288d115ebf2019eccddf63d24
ref: Xu2023migrationrural
times-cited: '1'
title: 'Migration and Rural Sustainability: Relative Poverty Alleviation by Geographical
  Mobility in China'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000970159900001
usage-count-last-180-days: '12'
usage-count-since-2013: '12'
volume: '15'
web-of-science-categories: 'Green \& Sustainable Science \& Technology; Environmental
  Sciences;

  Environmental Studies'
year: '2023'