Abstract: Labor transfer is still one of the important ways for farmers to improve their income and get rid of poverty.Based on the data of poverty-stricken households in Jiangxi Province,this paper uses the tool variable method to explore the effect of poverty reduction of poverty-stricken households with labor transfer.The results show that the number of labor transfer has a significant positive impact on poverty reduction of poor households;the transfer distance has an obstacle effect on poverty reduction of poor households,the farther the transfer distance is,the more unfavorable to the increase of farmers’income.In the grouped samples with the head of household over 60 years old,the impact of the number of labor transfer on the family income is more obvious,and it is easier to get rid of poverty,while the obstacle effect of the transfer distance is relatively smaller.In addition,in the poor families caused by illness,the marginal effect of the number of labor transfer on family income and the obstacle effect of the labor transfer distance on family income are both higher than that of the poor families caused by other reasons.Therefore,the government should strengthen the training of rural labor force,encourage the migrant labor to return to their hometown for entrepreneurship,and promote the diversified growth of family income,so as to realize the effective docking of rural revitalization and poverty alleviation.

Key words: labor transfer, heterogeneity, household income, poverty reduction