Based on the panel data of 31 provinces(municipalities and autonomous regions)in China from 2002 to 2018,this paper constructs a light index to represent the level of urbanization,and makes an empirical investigation on the impact of urbanization on residents'consumption level and consumption structure and its mechanism.The heterogeneity effects of consumer groups,consumption levels and regional differences are tested respectively.The results show that:Urbanization development improves residents'consumption level,and promotes the upgrading of residents'consumption structure by reducing the proportion of subsistence consumption and increasing the proportion of development and enjoyment consumption.Various robustness tests verify the reliability of this conclusion.The heterogeneity test results show that the improvement effect of urbanization on residents'consumption structure is influenced by consumer groups,consumption level and regional differences,showing obvious heterogeneity.The development of urbanization can indirectly promote the upgrading of residents'consumption structure through the narrowing of urban-rural income gap and the optimization of industrial structure,and the indirect effect accounts for 24.38％of the total effect.
关键词
城镇化/消费结构升级/夜间灯光数据/消费水平
Key words
urbanization/upgrading of consumption structure/night light data/level of consumption
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