The impact of population migration on urban housing prices: Evidence from China's major cities

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2018, Pages

  Lin, Yingchao ^a   Ma, Zhili ^a   Zhao, Ke ^b   Hu, Weiyan ^b   Wei, Jing ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Housing prices; Migrant population; Panel data model; Sustainable urbanization

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; AGGLOMERATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; LAND USE PLANNING; PANEL DATA; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HOUSING; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 85052924402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su10093169     Document Type: Article

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