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作者

来源

REGIONAL SCIENCE AND URBAN ECONOMICS,Vol.63,P.25-37

语言

英文

关键字

Chinese housing markets; Housing Provident Fund; URBAN CHINA; TENURE CHOICE; MODEL; GRADUALISM; INEQUALITY; SELECTION; REFORM

作者单位

[Tang, Mingzhe] Shandong Univ, Sch Econ, Jinan, Peoples R China. [Coulson, N. Edward] Univ Calif Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 USA. Coulson, NE (reprint author), Univ Calif Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 USA. E-Mail: n.edward.coulson@gmail.com

摘要

In the absence of well-functioning credit and mortgage markets, the Chinese government has implemented several reforms to encourage home purchases. Among the most prominent of these is the Housing Provident Fund, which requires employers and employee contributions to a pool which is later used to make mortgage loans to participants. We use the 2011 Chinese Household Finance Survey and a smaller survey from Jinan, Shandong province to examine the extent to which the Fund encourages the acquisition of owner-occupied housing. We find that fund participants are more likely to be owner-occupiers, although they also purchase smaller properties than they otherwise might have, due to the down payment restrictions on mortgage loans. The HPF also encourages housing investment, but to a lesser extent.