Abstract
Rural–urban migrants in China often experience poor living conditions and are less likely to be homeowners than urban–urban migrants. This study aims to investigate whether the homeownership gap between rural–urban migrants and urban–urban migrants in China vary by income. We explore the homeownership gap between the two migrant groups using the National Migrants Population Dynamic Monitoring Survey in 2014. Our findings show that the homeownership gap between rural–urban migrants and urban–urban migrants vary by income, and this gap is larger for high-income groups than for low-income groups. The estimations also demonstrate that social security insurance may act as the transmission channel, indicating a stratification process.
Highlights
Homeownership symbolizes a path to the promotion of economic well-being, accumulation of wealth, and attachment to the community
The multivariate regression demonstrates that rural–urban migrants are less likely to own homes than urban–urban migrants, thereby confirming that the former is more disadvantaged in the housing market than the latter
The estimation results present evidence predicted by theory and previous works that being old, having high levels of education, high incomes, more migration experiences, and whole family members migrating together increase the probability of owning a house
Summary
Homeownership symbolizes a path to the promotion of economic well-being, accumulation of wealth, and attachment to the community. Since the reform and opening-up in 1978, many rural laborers migrated from mid-western to eastern China They became the mainstay of the industrial workers. Previous studies focused on the determinants of housing tenure or living conditions of rural migrants. Li et al (2018) applied a nationwide micro-level data set from the Chinese Family Panel Studies to explore the overcrowding differential among migrants and native residents. They mainly focused on the housing attainments among migrants and natives, thereby leaving the homeownership gap between rural–urban and urban–urban migrants unexplored. SAGE Open perceive that social insurance may link the income differentials and homeownership gap
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