Study on the mechanism of rural education for income generation of poor households

Abstract

 Since the poverty eradication campaign in 2013, from education for poverty alleviation to the talent revitalization strategy, education has played an important role in helping poor families pint out of their plight and promoting family income generation. This study compares the income-enhancing effects of rural vocational education and basic education through the literature review method and comparative analysis method, and draws the following conclusions: (1) Vocational education is an educational tool centered on skills training, which enhances market competitiveness and obtains non-farm income by directly improving the quality of laborers, expanding the breadth of their employment, as well as improving their ability to use resources. (2) Basic education is a means of education centered on the cultivation of viable abilities, which improves social status and income by increasing the accumulation of human capital and improving viable abilities, and breaks through the limitations of social structures such as household registration restrictions. (3) In terms of quantitative relationships, education and income are not simply linear, and education for rural household growth requires certain preconditions. The income-enhancing effect of vocational education on rural families is not significantly higher or lower than that of compulsory education.