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作者

Siqi Zheng;Zhida Song;Weizeng Sun

来源

CITIES,Vol.96,Issue1,Article 102449

语言

英文

关键字

Affordable housing programs;Migrant workers;Social integration;China

作者单位

China Future City Lab, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Center for Real Estate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America;Hang Lung Center for Real Estate, Department of Construction Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;School of Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 100081, China;China Future City Lab, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Center for Real Estate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America;Hang Lung Center for Real Estate, Department of Construction Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;School of Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 100081, China

摘要

Using the data from “China Migrants' Dynamic Survey” conducted by China's National Health and Family Planning Commission, we examine the impacts of affordable housing programs on migrants' social integration in Chinese cities. We measure social integration in terms of migrants' participation in local activities and sense of belonging. We find that, after controlling for individual characteristics, the social integration level of migrants living in affordable housing program communities is significantly higher than that of migrants living in other communities. Heterogeneous analyses show that the migrants living in the rental units in affordable housing program communities exhibit a much higher level of social integration than do similar migrants living in other rental units. However, owner-occupied affordable housing communities do not show a significant effect in improving social integration, compared to other owner-occupied housing communities. Further analysis suggests that the inclusiveness of the living environment and neighborhood helps explain the main difference.