Exploring residential mobility in Chinese cities: An empirical analysis of Guangzhou

Si-ming Li and Sanqin Mao
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Si-ming Li: Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Sanqin Mao: Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Urban Studies, 2017, vol. 54, issue 16, 3718-3737

Abstract: In this article we aim to extend the literature on residential decisions and relocation in Chinese cities by explicitly incorporating cohort or generation differences in an event-history analysis of residential mobility in the City of Guangzhou over the period 2000–2012, using data from a survey conducted at the end of 2012. The results reveal not only substantially higher mobility propensities for young adults than middle-aged individuals and senior citizens, but significant differential effects of major determinants such as hukou , educational attainment, membership of the Chinese Communist Party and birth of a child and child rearing, on housing consumption and residential relocation across age cohorts. We argue that such differences in mobility behaviour are attributable, to a significant extent, to the vastly different life experiences of and housing opportunities available to different age cohorts.

Keywords: age cohorts; Guangzhou; life course; residential mobility; urban China; 年龄群ã€; 广州ã€; 人生ã€; å±…ä½ æµ åŠ¨æ€§ã€; 中国城市 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098016679774

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