Impact of Rural Labor Transfer on Educational Expenditures of Household and Implication of Fiscal Policy

The income arising from transfer of rural labor force has increasingly become a source of household income,and potently promoted the growth of household income. However,based on an empirical investigation to test the effect of rural labor transfer on educational expenditures of households by using data from China Health and Nutrition Survey,this paper finds that rural labor transfer restrains educational expenditures of household,which is not conducive to long-term income growth of rural residents and reduce the urban-rural income gap. At present,the system of rural public education excessively values basic education while neglects Vocational Education. Furthermore,fiscal structure on education is one of the drives of the restraining effect of rural labor transfer on educational expenditures of household.