The impacts of house prices on floating population’s fertility intentions – evidence from China

ABSTRACT

This paper examines the impact of house prices on floating populations’ fertility intentions in China. Specifically, this is among the first studies to distinguish between urban-to-urban and rural-to-urban migrants. Using data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), the results indicate that higher house prices discourage urban-to-urban migrants’ fertility intentions but do not significantly affect rural-to-urban migrants’ fertility intentions. Moreover, among urban-to-urban migrants, homeowners and those with higher levels of education are more adversely affected by higher house prices. Potential mechanisms are discussed.

KEYWORDS:

• House price
• fertility intention
• floating population
• migrant

JEL CLASSIFICATION:

• J13
• R23
• R31

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This research is supported by “the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities”, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law [Grant #: 31512212203].