关于城乡收入差距与居民消费关系的实证分析

Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Urban-rural Income Gap and Household Consumption

采用1978～2008年城乡收入差以及城乡恩格尔系数数据,分析二者之间的协整关系,发现城乡收入差距扩大对居民消费起抑制作用。同时,通过居民边际收入倾向发现,城乡收入的差别影响城乡间的消费结构,造成城乡消费结构断层,这将不利于我国居民消费结构的优化升级,影响着我国经济持续稳定发展。

Based on 1978 ～2008 urban -rural income difference and Engel coefficient data and an analysis of coin- tegration relationship between income gap and household consumption, it is found that the expansion of the former curbs the latter. Marginal revenue tendency shows that the former affects consumption structure, resulting in urban and rural consumption structure fault, which will impact the optimization and upgrading of consumption structure of Chinese residents and China＇ s sustainable economic development.