Journal of Environmental Management ( IF 8.7 ) Pub Date : 2020-07-08 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110981 Wenmei Liao 1 , Jindi Qiao 1 , Dong Xiang 2 , Taizhong Peng 1 , Fanbin Kong 3
The aim of this paper is to examine how labor transfer can alleviate poverty caused by regional inequality. Based on a survey dataset of poor farmers in traditionally poverty-stricken areas in the Jiangxi province of China, we concluded that labor transfer and improvement in health can positively affect poverty reduction. Particularly, the labor transfer distance has a significant and positive effect on poor households in the middle- and low-income levels. In contrast, families occupying the middle and upper strata in society are forced to improve their wealth level in response to a potential drop in health levels through accumulating wealth. Additionally, we found that poor households with health obstacles had to traverse a longer distance to improve their income levels.
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