In recent years, the income and consumption level of farmers is lower than that of urban residents, and in the context of current grave international economic environment, it is very unfavorable to expanding domestic demand and stimulating economic growth. Based on the empirical analysis of...

On the basis of analyzing the consumption status of rural residents in Kongpo, it can be seen that the concept of consumption value of rural residents in Kongpo tends to be cautious in daily consumption. There also exist premature consumption and excessive consumption that are centralized,...

The study aims to understand the variation of difference in per capita net income of rural residents during China’s economic development in recent years. The writer studies and analyzes rural residents’ income gap between 1997 and 2008 with relevant theories of income difference...

Consumption based equivalence scales are estimated by applying the extended partially linear model (EPLM) to the 1998 Income and Consumption Survey (EVS) carried out in Germany. In this model the equivalence scales are identified by virtue of nonlinearities in household demand. Therefore, the...