Abstract:
Based on the statistical data of 1995-2006 in China,the paper aims to carry out theoretical analysis and empirical analysis about the causal relationship between rural labor mobility and urban-rural income disparity.It finds that rural labor mobility and urban–rural income disparity reciprocally affect each other.Meanwhile there is a bilateral Granger causal relationship between rural labor mobility and urban-rural income disparity.Therefore,in order to reduce urban-rural income disparity,we should on one hand improve rural labor mobility,and on the other hand, in order to further promote the rural labor mobility,we must proceed from two aspects:increase the marginal utility of non-agricultural income and reduce its cost.