Abstract: Rural labor migration and mobility have produced regional economic spillovers, and these spillovers are amplified by the twisted wage of the transferred labor force when the factor returns of the capital and labor departments are being changed, which leads to a wider economic gap between the regions. Meanwhile, the outflow of labor is affected by the cost of living and the wage differentials between the areas of origin and the areas of destination, as well as by the population structure. Along with the gradual disappearance of population bonus and the structural changes in the transferred labor force markets, the changes in the cost of living and the wage structure may produce an effect on the labor force fluxion and the extent of wage distortion, which will result in a convergence effect on regional economic growth.

Key words: rural labor migration; wage discrimination; regional economic spillover