High-speed railway and rural poverty alleviation

Yi Zhang, Ying Wu and Wei Zhou

Applied Economics, 2023, vol. 55, issue 36, 4165-4176

Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of high-speed railway (HSR) on rural poverty alleviation in China. Using a large sample of Chinese prefecture-level cities for the 2003–2013 period, we provide evidence that HSR has a positive effect on rural poverty alleviation. This finding is robust to a battery of robustness tests. In addition, we find that HSR can reduce rural poverty by improving employment rates in the manufacturing and construction industries. Our study suggests that HSR can play an important role in rural poverty alleviation.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2022.2126817

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