Using community-scale demographic, economic and environmental
data, the effect of labor mobility in Shenzhen on PM2.5 is tested by spatial
statistical models. The conclusions provide an empirical basis for policy
formulation and evaluation of Shenzhen’s population, economy and
environmental development. The results showed that there is a positive
correlation between labor mobility and PM2.5, and that excessive concentration
of migrant labor force induced the increase of PM2.5 level, and that the
proportion of migrant labor force strengthened the effect of labor mobility
on PM2.5 before 2015. PM2.5 is influenced by the spatial self-correlation of
demographic, economic and environmental factors in neighboring areas, and
the spatial model has unique advantages in environmental and social science
research. Finally, the future research direction is proposed from the research
scale, research content and policy evaluation of environmental problems.