关键词: 消费函数, 城乡居民, 消费差异

Abstract: The paper makes in-depth interpretation on consumption disparity between urban and rural households in China according to Keynes’s consumption function theory. The analysis is mainly using the per capita income and consumption expenditure data of urban and rural households from 1991 to 2005 of China, and uses the EVIEWS software to make parameter estimation and test of the econometric model. Through the consumption and income model of urban and rural households, the paper compares the consumption behavior of urban and rural households and comes to the conclusion that not only the basic consumption level of rural households is lower than that of the urban households, but also the average marginal consumption intention is lower than that of the urban households. Therefore, this paper puts forward some policy suggestions according to the findings.

Key words: consumption function, urban and rural households, consumption disparity