对北京市居民食品消费倾向的实证研究

扩展线性支出系统(ELES模型)是目前研究居民消费的较为理想的工具.运用面板数据对北京市居民的食品消费状况进行ELES分析,结果显示随着居民收入的提高,食品的边际消费倾向显著下降,从而印证了恩格尔定律的假说,说明居民的消费结构正在实现从满足基本生活需要向提高生活质量的转型.同时,对需求收入弹性的分析表明,居民的食品消费已趋于稳定,对食品数量的追求已逐渐被质量追求所替代.

Authentic Research on the Propensity to Food Consumption of the Citizens in Beijing

ELES Mode is a kind of ideal tool to research the consumption of residents.Analyse the situation of consumption with ELES Mode by board data,it reveals that as the improvement of residents' incomes,the propensity to food consumption is obviously drop,which prove Engel's law.That is to say,the consumption pattern of residents is realizing the transformation from fulfilling basic need to improving life quality.At the same time,analysis on elasticity of needs and incomes shows that the food consumption of residents has been stable and the concentrating on food quantity has been taken place by the concentrating on food quality.