Promoting the transfer and employment of the rural poor labor force is one of themost important means of getting rid of poverty by ascending the “hematopoietic” function andendogenous power of the poor areas. Based on the survey data of town D in Liaoning Province,this paper uses the propensity score matching(PSM) method to explore the vulnerability as expected poverty of registered rural households in Northeast China and the impact of different labor characteristics on vulnerability as expected poverty. The study finds that, although thehouseholds who have been out of poverty have achieved various basic security of life and growthof income, their vulnerability is still relatively high, and there is a large difference between vulnerability as expected poverty and incidence of poverty according to the current standards inChina. Whether or not the registered rural households are out of poverty, the quality of migrantwork is not high. The length of working hours and the proportion of wage income have a negative effect on vulnerability as expected poverty, but the effect is not significant; the number ofmigrant workers in households, wage levels, and poverty alleviation policies have not effec-tively reduced their vulnerability as expected poverty. On the whole, it is difficult for thosepoor households to benefit from migrant work.

Vulnerability as Expected Poverty; Incidence of Poverty; Migrant Work; Anti-Poverty through Employment Promotion;