An investigation of migrants’ residential satisfaction in Beijing

Yu Chen, Yunxiao Dang and Guanpeng Dong
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Yu Chen: School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, UK
Yunxiao Dang: Land and Urban-Rural Development Research Institute, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, China
Guanpeng Dong: Department of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool, UK

Urban Studies, 2020, vol. 57, issue 3, 563-582

Abstract: Chinese cities have witnessed enormous neighbourhood changes as a result of housing reforms, rapid urban expansion and massive rural-to-urban migration. Migrants, without local hukou status, are confronted with many constraints in accessing urban housing. While previous studies have focused on migrants’ poor housing conditions, relatively little is known about their self-selection into different neighbourhood types, as well as their subjective evaluation of the living environment in local areas. Drawing upon a large-scale questionnaire survey conducted in Beijing in 2013, we examine the factors influencing migrants’ residential choices, in particular urban villages versus other neighbourhood types, in a multinomial logit model, and the sources of residential satisfaction in a multilevel framework. The results show that migrants sort themselves into different neighbourhoods contingent on demographic and socio-economic factors, and express different levels of satisfaction after controlling for individual attributes and geographical context. Moreover, their self-selection significantly influences residential satisfaction.

Keywords: China; migrants; multilevel; residential satisfaction; self-selection; 中国; 移民; 多层次; å±…ä½ æ»¡æ„ åº¦; 自我选择 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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