The winners in China's urban housing reform
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Housing reform in China has proceeded on two tracks: privatization of public housing and development of a new private housing sector. During this period of transition, rents have remained relatively low in the remaining public housing, and purchase prices offered to occupants of public housing have been well below market prices. Although these rents and prices are partly based on known formulas, there is considerable variability in how much people pay for similar apartments. This study uses 2000 Census data to estimate the housing subsidy received by the remaining renters in the public sector and purchasers of public housing, based on private sector prices for housing of comparable quality and size. The paper also analyzes variation in the estimated discount from market prices that these people receive. The findings show that the biggest winners in China's transition from socialist housing allocation are those who were favored in the previous system, based on such factors as residence status, education and occupation.
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Three institutional factors (employer type, CCP membership, and hukou) were documented to be associated with access to homeownership in the literature.
“Three institutional factors were tested in the models, namely employer type, CCP membership, and hukou , each of which was docu mented to be associated with access to homeownership in the literature (Huang and Clark, 2002; Logan et al., 2010).”
From His house, her house? Gender inequality and homeownership among married couples in urban China (2023) · cites this paper as Logan et al., 2010
The Chinese Case section links work-unit characteristics and registration status to opportunities to purchase public housing, and the Discussion and Conclusion reports disadvantages for people with rural registration. It discusses Communist Party membership in relation to housing quality and purchase prices, but says its own Census data cannot test whether Party members obtained more valuable housing. It does not establish the claimed association between Party membership and access to homeownership. (LLM, conf=0.84)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredInstitutional factors are important and quite unique in the Chinese context, particularly in the pre-reform era when housing was treated as welfare and allocated by work units to their employees.
“Institutional factors are important and quite unique in the Chinese context, particularly in the pre-reform era when housing was treated as welfare and allocated by work units to their employees (Huang and Clark, 2002; Logan et al., 2010).”
From His house, her house? Gender inequality and homeownership among married couples in urban China (2023) · cites this paper as Logan et al., 2010
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- Authors
- Logan, J. R., Fang, Y., & Zhang, Z.
- Affiliations
- Brown University (US)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Logan, John R.
- Venue
- Housing Studies
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2010-01
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 101-117
- ISSN
- 0267-3037 (ISSN-L)
- 1466-1810
- PMC
- PMC3806496
- OpenAlex
- W2022591330
- Cited by
- 198
- References
- 30
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- FWCI
- 8.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- Housing Studies (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- PDXScholar (Portland State University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R24HD041020)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Housing Market and Economics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Keywords
- housing reform, housing subsidies, housing allocation
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