Does housing price destroy marital stability? Evidence from South Korea

Subok Chae

Applied Economics Letters, 2020, vol. 27, issue 20, 1659-1662

Abstract: This study examines the impact of housing price on the divorce rate in South Korea using a fixed effects model and dynamic panel data. There is currently a lack of consensus in the literature regarding the effect of house price on divorce. We simultaneously consider both house price and rental cost to distinguish a positive and negative effect of housing price. Using a cross-regional dataset of 15 provinces in South Korea from 1990 to 2013, we show that the wealth effect of house price changes on divorce rates is different from the effect of rental cost. All regression results indicate positive and statistically significant wealth effects of house price, but negative effects of the rental price changes on divorce rates.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2020.1711502

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