Abstract
This Paper studies how house prices influence marriage in China through two perspectives: the age at first marriage and the marriage rate. For the age at first marriage rate, the results indicate that house prices have a significant delay effect on age at first marriage and this effect is also different for males and females, the delay effect will be greater for males. In terms of the marriage rate, house prices have an unexpectedly positive, albeit small, effect on the marriage rate. Examining this effect further by different provinces groups, the house prices have a negative effect on the marriage rate in more developed provinces, while the effect remains positive in developing provinces. Combining these results, this paper clearly shows that house prices are an important factor influencing marriage in China. Hence if the government wants to increase the marriage rate or early marriage age, it would be a good choice to focus on house prices.
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