Housing wealth and fertility: evidence from China

H Liu, L Liu, F Wang - Journal of Population Economics, 2023 - Springer
This study examines how an increase in home value affects fertility decisions of
homeowners in China by exploiting regional heterogeneity in housing markets driven by …

Does the frequency of reminders matter for their effectiveness? A randomized controlled trial

A Antinyan, Z Asatryan, Z Dai, K Wang - Journal of Economic Behavior & …, 2021 - Elsevier
We assess the impact of reminder frequency on the probability of paying overdue property
taxes in a randomized controlled trial in China. One reminder a week (sent as a text …

Unveiling the role of political education for political participation in China

M Chen, GR Madni - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
It is a well-known fact that political education plays a pivotal role in sha** informed,
engaged, and responsible citizens in a country. The empirical literature lacks the exploration …

Value of qualification to buy a house: Evidence from the housing purchase restriction policy in China

H Zheng, R Zhang, J Wu - Cities, 2023 - Elsevier
China's housing purchase restriction (HPR) policy imposes administrative restrictions on
households' home purchase eligibility to curb speculative demand. We quantify households' …

Marriage entry, divorce and reconciliation: The unintended consequence of the home purchase restriction policy in China

Z Chang, W Li, M Diao, X Li - Humanities and Social Sciences …, 2024 - nature.com
This study investigates the unintended socioeconomic consequences of housing market
regulations, focusing on the home purchase restriction (HPR) policy implemented in cities …

Urban governance and low-skill employment dynamics: Evidence from government relocations

S Lu, Y Lv, Y Sun, H Tian - Cities, 2025 - Elsevier
This study examines the influence of urban governance on low-skill employment through the
lens of government office relocations in China. We combine the office addresses of listed …

[HTML][HTML] Simulating the spatial heterogeneity of housing prices in Wuhan, China, by regionally geographically weighted regression

Z Wang, Y Zhao, F Zhang - ISPRS International Journal of Geo …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Geographically weighted regression (GWR) is an effective method for detecting spatial non-
stationary features based on the hypothesis of proximity correlation. In reality, especially in …

The Unintended Consequences of Home-Buying Restriction in China

Y Chen, Y Liu, H Wei - Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
We investigate the fake divorce activities associated with the home-buying restriction policy
in China. We find that the policy increased divorce rate (marriage restoration rate) in the …

The effect of education on voter turnout in China's rural elections

W Lai - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024 - Elsevier
Conventional wisdom and evidence from democracies suggest that more education should
increase voter turnout. This paper revisits this issue by analyzing turnout in China's rural …

Housing Tenure, Intrahousehold Homeownership Structure and Health

T Qiu, S Wang - Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2024 - Springer
As two important dimensions of the quality of life, housing and health are inextricably linked.
Using data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), this study explores the impact …