The Study On Decomposition And Influencing Factors Of Urban And Rural Differences In Residents’ Energy Consumption In China

Since the reform and opening up,China has been in the stage of urbanization and rapid industrialization.The energy consumption of residents has shown rapid growth along with the progress of economic growth and urbanization.Energy consumption is an important part of household consumption.Due to the differences in income levels,consumption levels,lifestyles and environment of urban and rural residents,there is a huge difference in energy consumption between urban and rural residents.Under the background of increasingly prominent resource and environmental issues,it is of great significance to study the changing trends,differential decomposition and influencing factors of urban residents’ energy consumption differences,which will be benefit to promote the rational allocation of energy resources between urban and rural areas and optimize the energy consumption structure of residents.This paper analyzes the difference between residents’ direct energy consumption and indirect energy consumption in urban and rural areas from the national and regional levels,and describes the dynamic characteristics of urban and rural residents’total energy consumption,per capita quantity and consumption structure,and analyzes the factors that affect the urban-rural aggregate difference and the difference between urban and rural per capita quantity which is to clarify the effects of various economic variables.Firstly,compiling and calculating the existing data to obtain total amount of direct energy the and indirect energy consumption,per capita energy consumption and consumption structure data of residents.From these three perspectives,the dynamic characteristics of urban and rural differences in energy consumption are described.The results show that the total energy consumption of urban and rural residents shows an overall expansion trend,the urban and rural differences in the per capita direct energy consumption of residents are shrinking as a whole,and the urban and rural differences in the per capita indirect energy consumption of residents are expanding,and the urban-rural differences in the energy consumption structure of residents are not obvious.But there is a big difference in the performance of urban and rural differences in energy consumption at the regional level.Secondly,the decomposition model is used to decompose the urban-rural differences in the total energy consumption of residents.The results show that the intensity of energy consumption is the main facto,which restrains the urban and rural differences in energy consumption,and the consumption expenditure of residents plays a strong role in promoting the urban and rural differences in energy consumption,and the influence of the total population on the urban and rural differences in energy consumption has gradually changed from a restraining effect to a promoting effect.But the effect of the residents’consumption structure is not obvious.Thirdly,through co-integration analysis and Granger causality test to explore the influencing factors of residents’ per capita energy consumption between urban and rural areas,it is found that there is a long-term cointegration relationship between the urban and rural differences in per capita energy consumption and the intensity of energy consumption and per capita consumption expenditure of residents and there is a certain two-way interaction mechanism.Finally,the analysis results of the panel model show that there is a strong positive correlation between the urban-rural difference in energy consumption per capita and the urban-rural difference in residents’ energy consumption intensity and the urban-rural difference in per capita consumption expenditure,and there is a certain regional difference in this correlation.According to the research results,the policy recommendations for rationally arranging urban and rural energy resources and adjusting the energy consumption structure of urban and rural residents from the macro level are as follows:First,actively seeking high-efficiency and low-carbon new energy to replace existing energy sources and increase the development of new energy.Secondly,population drainage can optimize the allocation of energy resources between urban and rural areas.Once again economic and energy policies are to promote urban and rural commodity circulation and limit low-efficiency energy consumption.Finally,according to local conditions,flexible energy and economic policies should be implemented to promote coordinated growth of urban and rural residents’ energy consumption.thereby it is conducive to continuously improving the energy efficiency of residents and improving the happiness index of residents.