RIS ID
94212
Link to publisher version (URL)
Monash University. Department of Economics. Discussion Papers
Abstract
This study explores the relationship between home ownership and subjective wellbeing in urban China. We first present a theoretical model examining the relationship between housing property rights and subjective wellbeing in China. We then test the predictions of the theoretical model using a nationally representative dataset. We find that not only home ownership, but the property rights one acquires and the source of those property rights matters for subjective wellbeing. Moreover, not only whether one has a home loan, but the type of home loan one has matters for subjective wellbeing.
Publication Details
Cheng, Z., King, S. P., Smyth, R. & Wang, H. (2014). Housing property rights and subjective wellbeing in urban China. Monash University. Department of Economics. Discussion Papers, 44/14 1-23.