Home in the big city: does place of origin affect homeownership among the post-80s generation in Shanghai

Cui, Junru; Cui, Can; Mu, Xueying; Hao, Pu

doi:10.1080/02673037.2020.1853070

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“…However, when individuals' own socioeconomic statuses are controlled for, parental economic status does not exert a significant impact. It can be inferred that parental economic advantages have already been transferred into children's advantaged socioeconomic status, which has been revealed by previous studies (Cui J et al, 2020). We also observed intergenerational continuities in housing tenure, despite there being subtle variations across cohorts.…”

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Generational variations in the timing of entry into homeownership in Shanghai: The role of family formation and family of origin

Cui

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Urban Studies

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Radical housing reform has triggered tremendous changes in both housing supply and housing demand in China over the past four decades, leading to apparent generational fractures in homeownership. In contrast to the rising age of first dwelling purchasers in some Western countries, younger cohorts in China are entering homeownership at increasingly younger ages despite rising housing prices. Based on a retrospective survey conducted in Shanghai in 2018 and 2019, this study examines the changing roles of family formation and parental background in affecting the timing of entering homeownership across different cohorts. Employing event history analyses, this study demonstrates that transitions to first homeownership have become synchronised with family formation among younger cohorts, which implies the social norm of ‘marital home’. Furthermore, the results reveal that parental background is increasingly influential in determining the timing of first home purchase; men and individuals from one-child families are more likely to be the beneficiary of parental help to enter homeownership. Through the lens of cohort, this study contributes to understanding the changing role of family formation and family of origin, which are shaped by institutional and cultural transformations in China. The intensified intergenerational transmission leads to exacerbation of horizontal housing inequality, that is, some achieving homeownership at a younger age while others being shunned from homeownership in the context of worsening housing affordability.

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Generational variations in the timing of entry into homeownership in Shanghai: The role of family formation and family of origin

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“…Yet, these studies are confined to structural factors in the destination city. A recent study by J. Cui et al (2020) highlighted the effect of the place of origin on migrants' homeownership in China and found that individuals originating from developed cities are more likely to be a homeowner in Shanghai, which is in line with previous studies revealing the impact of immigrants' country of origin on their transitions to homeownership (Borjas, 2002; Painter et al, 2003). Nevertheless, whether and how geographic mobility constituted by the origin–destination difference in terms of economic and social development affects migrants' homeownership in the destination city remains largely unexamined.…”

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“…Personal endowments, such as education level and life experience, tend to vary dramatically among migrants with different places of origin (Bosquet & Overman, 2019; Hao & He, 2022), thus affecting their homeownership. Studies have pointed out that individuals originating from developed regions achieve higher social status and are more likely to become homeowners in the destination city than those originating from less‐developed regions (Borjas, 2002; J. Cui et al, 2022; Painter et al, 2003). Meanwhile, as we mentioned above, migrants are more likely to confront economic and institutional disadvantages when they migrate to bigger cities, hindering them from becoming homeowners (Li & Duda, 2010; Fan, 2002; W. Wu & Wang, 2014).…”

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Migration up and down the urban hierarchy: The mediating effects of geographic mobility on migrants' homeownership

Cui

2023

Population Space and Place

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In the past two decades, migrants' homeownership has received increasing attention, as migrants have become increasingly heterogeneous in terms of socio‐economic status and choice of the destination city. However, how migrants move across the urban hierarchy and thereby affect their housing consumption has received scant attention. Using the 2017 China Migrants Dynamic Survey, this study examines the relationship between migrants' socio‐economic status and their geographic mobility along the urban hierarchy, as well as the impacts on their housing outcomes in the destination city. Employing generalised structural equation modelling, the results show that migrants with higher education levels and higher family income are more likely to make an upward movement, through which they accumulated their capital and advantages to overcome difficulties and settle in the destination. However, the steeper they climb along the urban hierarchy, the less likely they could own a home in the destination city. This study contributes to the existing literature by highlighting the divergence in migrants' geographic mobility and its importance in understanding the variegated housing outcomes among the migration population.

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“…Economists have long recognized the neighborhood eff ects (e.g., Oreopoulos, 2003); when people migrate, the neighborhood effects in childhood change into birthplace effects for adults (Chetty et al, 2016). The existing literature has studied the birthplace effects on migrants' labor market outcomes (Bosquet and Overman, 2019), housing outcomes (Cui et al, 2022) at the individual level, and the eff ects of birthplace diversity on economic prosperity and economic complexity at the aggregated level (Alesina et al, 2016). As for the birthplace eff ects in China, Zhang et al (2022) explored the eff ect of birthplace on wages and found that intergenerational transmission within a household and local human capital investment exerted large impacts on birthplace effects.…”

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Economic Development and Social Integration of Migrants in China

Shen,

Zhang

2024

China and World Economy

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Migrants often face challenges in social integration. Using a nationally representative sample of migrant workers and employing the epidemiological approach, this paper examines the determinants of social integration. It finds that, conditional on a set of individual features, the migrants from less‐developed provinces have greater difficulty in integrating into local communities. These results still demonstrate robustness across alternative variables, samples, and various specifications. Mechanism analysis shows that educational and employment factors account for over 40 percent of the variance in social integration levels, suggesting their significant influence. Additionally, the analysis suggests that native bias against migrants, along with misunderstandings between them, may account for part of the remaining variation in social integration levels. Importantly, the ability to speak local dialects has been identified as a crucial factor that can significantly improve migrants' subjective experience of integrating into a new city. By identifying one specific cause of social integration, this paper provides information to individuals and governments and assists them to improve social integration.

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Home in the big city: does place of origin affect homeownership among the post-80s generation in Shanghai

Cited by 11 publications

References 61 publications

Generational variations in the timing of entry into homeownership in Shanghai: The role of family formation and family of origin

Generational variations in the timing of entry into homeownership in Shanghai: The role of family formation and family of origin

Migration up and down the urban hierarchy: The mediating effects of geographic mobility on migrants' homeownership

Economic Development and Social Integration of Migrants in China

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