关键词: 外出劳动力, 回流迁移, 回流效应, 迁移效应

Abstract: This paper examines the factors associated with return migration using data from a sur- vey on rural labour transfer and urbanization in seven provinces in central-west China. Rural return migration is influenced，on the one hand，by employment status，income，and social security exclusion in cities，and on the other hand，by family life，family labor size and land acquisitions in the villages. Return migration is a combined result of“active return”and“passive return”，and of individual and family decision making. The authors analyze the positive effects of return migration，resulting in Brain Gain based on migrants' human capital accumulation during their migration. Returned migrants are more likely to engage in non-agricultural activities and self-entrepreneurship. Migration and return migration jointly help mobilize labor market and promote rural-urban development in China.

Keywords:  Rural Migrants, Return Migration, Return Migration Effect, Migration Effect