@article {39092,
	title = {Can the opening of high-speed rail promote household multidimensional relative poverty alleviation?},
	journal = {Journal of Transport Geography},
	volume = {128},
	year = {2025},
	abstract = {Addressing poverty is paramount, aligning with the first Sustainable Development Goal focused on eradicating poverty in all its forms. While the effects of high-speed rail (HSR) on absolute poverty have been documented, its impact on relative poverty remains understudied. This paper examines the influence of HSR on household relative poverty in China through a quasi-experimental design. The main results are as follows: (1) The opening of HSR significantly reduced the household relative poverty by approximately 1.8 \%. (2) This alleviation effect primarily transpires through the expansion of economic activities and employment opportunities. (3) Notably, the impact of HSR is more pronounced in lower-ranked, smaller cities and in the western regions of China. Moreover, households with migrant workers or those engaged in non-agricultural sectors derive greater benefits from HSR developments. Our results suggest that HSR opening could have contributed to China{\textquoteright}s relative poverty alleviation. Policymakers can consider the role of transportation infrastructure in mitigating household relative poverty, especially for low rank cities, small cities and periphery regions in other developing countries.},
	url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692325002625},
	author = {Hu Yaning and Lu Haiyan and Chai Hao and Gao Xinyang}
}
