关键词: 失业, 不利收入冲击, 消费行为

Abstract: Unemployment raises adverse earning shock,which tends to change the consumption behavior of the agents'.This paper studies the effects of adverse earning shock on consumption using Unemployment and Re-employment Survey Data conducted by China N.B.S.in 2003.We find that unemployment has affected expenditure on food and education in different ways.Those who have suffered earning shocks can smooth their food consumption more than education on average.Education attainment has positive effect on smoothing expenditure on education.Being re-employed can decrease the expenditure share on food while increase the expenditure on education.Unemployment duration has negative effect on education even for those re-employed.Women laid-offs reduce the expenditure on both food and education;the expenditure on education will be improved once they are re-employed.

Key words: unemployment, adverse earning shock, consumption behavior