Abstract: Based on the data of China Family Panel Survey (CFPS2014), taking the international poverty line, the line of the basic living allowance and the relative poverty line as the poverty standards, this paper makes an overall evaluation of the poverty reduction effect of urban minimum living guarantee by respectively comparing the changes of FGT index from the master samples, the eligible samples and the participating samples before and after the basic living allowance. The findings show that the urban minimum living guarantee has a significant effect on the poverty reduction of the participating samples, although its effect on the eligible samples and the master samples is not satisfactory; with the increase of the poverty standard, the poverty reduction effect of the urban minimum living guarantee will be gradually reduced. On the basis of analyzing the effect of urban poverty alleviation, we can illustrate the mechanism of urban poverty alleviation effect from the two dimensions of targeting effectiveness and salvation adequacy, and propose relevant strategies to improve the urban poverty reduction effect.

Key words: urban minimum living guarantee; poverty reduction effect; CFPS