To Settle Down, or Not? Evaluating the Policy Effects of Talent Housing in Shanghai, China

Li Tao, Xiaoyan Lei, Wentan Guo, Victor Jing Li and Min Cheng
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Li Tao: School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
Xiaoyan Lei: School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
Wentan Guo: School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
Victor Jing Li: Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
Min Cheng: School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 8, 1-21

Abstract: Housing has become pivotal in attracting and retaining talent in first-tier cities. Although numerous cities are actively promoting the provision of talent housing in China, little is known about the talent’s evaluations of talent housing policies or the effect on their urban settlement intention. This paper aims to investigate whether talent housing alleviates the housing difficulties of talent and its role in retaining talent. A questionnaire was conducted face-to-face in talent housing in Shanghai. Binary logistic regression was employed to analyse the factors significantly contributing to the settlement intentions of the talent. Talent housing was confirmed to alleviate the talent’s housing pressures and further increase their urban settlement intention. The local hukou was determined to be crucial in accelerating the willingness of talent to settle in Shanghai. However, housing affordability (including school district housing) may jeopardise such positive effects. It is crucial to provide more choices of talent housing and increase the coverage of good-quality educational resources. In the long run, more talent can be attracted and retained in the locality under a broader coverage of the talent housing scheme.

Keywords: talent housing; urban settlement intention; policy evaluation; local hukou; first-tier city (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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