An empirical analysis on factors influencing ecological migration in minority areas of China

摘要

Taking Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region as an example, this research makes an empirical analysis on the factors influencing the migration activities of the research subject: the southern mountainous farmers who don't emigrate and the farmers who immigrated in Hongsibao Development Zone. With Probit Model, the research shows that the age, educational degree, farming land per capita, number of school-aged children, vocational training experience and the quantity of gained information are all the factors which influence the farmers' emigration choice. However, the influential strength of the factors is different. The research aims to provide the government with more scientific evidences for its policies of promoting ecological migration and to encourage more poverty families to immigrate into the areas suitable for living.