The impact of Internet use on household consumption structure and spatial heterogeneity in China
In today's digital age,the widespread adoption and rapid development of the Internet have pro-foundly influenced residents'lifestyles and consumption behaviors.The prosperity and development of online consumption,information consumption and other consumption modes promoted by the Internet have made res-idents'consumption more personalized,diversified and quality.It further affects residents'consumption con-cepts and preferences.It also changes household consumption expenditure and consumption structure.The In-ternet has shattered geographical and temporal constraints,enabling global circulation of goods,reducing shop-ping costs.Consumers,utilizing the Internet,can filter high-quality and cost-effective products,further fueling shopping desires and boosting consumption.Based on the China Family Panel Studies(CFPS),this paper ana-lyzes the spatiotemporal evolution of Internet penetration and residents'household consumption level.It exam-ines whether Internet usage influences residents'household consumption level and structure,fostering an up-grade in household consumption.The results show that:1)The number of Chinese residents using the Internet,the frequency of using the Internet for commercial activities and the total household consumption ex-penditure of Chinese households show a significant growth trend in time series.The eastern region has the highest proportion of enjoyment-oriented consumption.The central region has the highest proportion of devel-opment-oriented consumption.Northeast China has the highest proportion of subsistence consumption.The number of Internet users and total household consumption show the characteristics of spatial agglomeration,and also show the trend of spatial expansion and southwest movement.2)While promoting total household consumption,Internet usage also promotes the transformation of household consumption structure from surviv-al-oriented to development-oriented and enjoyment-oriented.In addition,there are also significant differences in the impact of Internet usage on different regions.There are more prominent positive effects in household consumption upgrading in urban areas and western and northeastern regions.
Internet useconsumption upgradingresident household consumption level and structurespatial heterogeneity
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维普
