城乡收入差距、消费倾向与消费结构升级

Urban-rural Income Gap, Consumption Propensity and Consumption Structure Upgrading

文章基于宏观面板数据,从消费行为视角研究了城乡收入差距影响居民消费结构升级的机制与效果。研究结果表明:缩小城乡收入差距有助于促进居民消费结构升级;消费倾向是城乡收入差距影响居民消费结构升级的中介因子,即城乡收入差距通过影响居民消费倾向,进而影响居民消费结构升级。文章研究结论对促进居民消费结构升级、化解社会主要矛盾和推动经济高质量发展具有一定参考价值。

Based on macro panel data, this paper analyzes the mechanism and effect of urban-rural income gap on the upgrading of residents’ consumption structure from the perspective of consumer behavior. The research results show that narrowing the urban-rural income gap helps promote the upgrading of consumption structure, that the propensity to consume is the mediating factor that the urban-rural income gap affects the upgrading of consumption structure, that is, the urban-rural income gap affects the upgrading of consumption structure by influencing the consumption propensity. The research conclusion of the paper has certain reference value for promoting the upgrading of residents’ consumption structure, resolving the main social contradictions and promoting the high-quality economic development.