Ethnicity, cultural disparity and residential mobility: Empirical analysis of Hong Kong

Housing policy, work-residence mismatch and poverty concentration

“…In Delang and Lung's view, though poor people from temporary housing would move into newly-built public housing units, existing public housing does not further increase poverty concentration. On the other hand, wealthier immigrants would prefer to relocate to non-new town areas, while Asian immigrants with lower income would relocate to new towns in the New Territories (Hui, Li, Wong, Yi, & Yu, 2012).…”

“…Spatial matching between workplace and residential location indicates whether the residents work in the same council districts as they live. Both discussions are operated based on the present studies in Hong Kong (Delang & Lung, 2010;Hui, Li, et al, 2012;Hui, Zhong, et al, 2012;Lui & Suen, 2011).…”

“…It has been widely applied in previous researches in this topic (Lui & Suen, 2011;Hui and Yu, 2009b;Hui, Li, et al, 2012;Hui, Zhong, et al, 2012). The standard form of logistic regression model is:…”

Housing price, elderly dependency and fertility behaviour

“…Besides, as the United Nation points out, the projected world's average fertility would fall below the replacement rate by 2025 (The Economist, 2007). In response to the prolonged low fertility rate, the population ageing has been becoming a global issue and arising from the rising life expectancy as well as the declining fertility rate (see Hui & Yu, 2009;Hui, Li, Wong, Zheng, & Yu, 2012). According to Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong, the elderly accounts for 13.0% (age above 65) of Hong Kong's total population in 2010.…”

Mobility and work-residence matching for new immigrants in Hong Kong

“…Moreover, the demographical structure of immigrants could have implications on the formation of future housing demand. And it is proved that residential mobility in Hong Kong has been mostly induced by immigrants (Hui, Li, Wong, Yi & Yu, 2012). All these reasons highlight the importance of the study on immigrants' housing preference.…”