Housing prices, rural-urban migrants' settlement decisions and their regional differences in China

Habitat International

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 149-159

  Zang, Bo ^a   Lv, Ping ^a   Warren, Clive M J ^b  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Housing prices; Regional differences; Rural urban migrants; Settlement decisions

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HOUSING MARKET; REGIONAL PATTERN; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84940207122     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.08.003     Document Type: Article

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