Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

3-2018

Abstract

Numerous Chinese families choose to reside together with their elderly parents due to the considerable impacts of conventional values such as filial duty in Chinese society. However, as house prices rocketed up in major Chinese cities over the past decade, this arrangement is facing a sizeable challenge, therefore also raising new research question about it. This paper attempts to investigate the phenomenon of co-residence of adult children with their elderly parents in China. Using the 2013 data of China Household Finance Survey (CHFS), we document that house price is indeed a significant determinant for the pattern of intergenerational co-residence. Our empirical results can provide interesting insights into the important implication of rising house price for household residential arrangements in this country.

Keywords

CHFS, House price, Housing consumption, Intergenerational co-residence, Elderly parents

Discipline

Economics | Real Estate

Publication

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volume

57

First Page

502

Last Page

533

ISSN

0895-5638

Identifier

10.1007/s11146-018-9653-4

Publisher

Springer

External URL

http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85052757925&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11146-018-9653-4

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