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Abstract:  How to prevent the return to poverty after “targeted poverty alleviation”? The sustainable poverty reduction effect of infrastructure is of concern. Based on the Chinese Family Panel Studies (CFPS) microdatabase, this article uses instrumental variable to empirically estimate the impact of improved transportation infrastructure on poverty reduction in rural households. The study finds that the availability of roads significantly reduces the Engel Index of rural households, and the Engel Index of lowincome households declines more significantly. This shows that the poverty reduction effect of improved transportation infrastructure is significant. The results of the mechanism analysis show that after the roads connecting, the direct government subsidies received by rural households have increased significantly, the proportion of households engaged in agricultural production has decreased significantly, and the nonfarm payrolls of rural households have increased significantly. This suggests that the improvement of transportation infrastructure has played a role in reducing poverty through two channels: increased government subsidies and agricultural labor transfer.

Key words: infrastructure, rural area, poverty reduction