2020
DOI: 10.1108/ijhma-10-2019-0103
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House price and household consumption in China: evidence from micro-level data

Abstract: Purpose This paper aims to identify how house price affects household consumption. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a micro-level data set that tracks the house price and consumption of a vast number of households over a period of four years. OLS regression is the main econometric method. Findings The authors document robust evidence that an increase in house prices stimulates household consumption, regardless of whether a household owns or rents. Moreover, the authors find that both acquiring a… Show more

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“…Therefore, this study takes the price level of consumer goods as the exogenous variable of the ARMAX model. Some scholars have noticed that house price fluctuations will have a huge impact on residential consumption, and house purchase costs will squeeze households' consumption of other commodities [44]. However, in China's official statistics, the consumer price index representing the price level of consumer goods already includes house prices, so this study will no longer take house prices as a separate exogenous variable.…”
Section: Variables and Data Sourcementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, this study takes the price level of consumer goods as the exogenous variable of the ARMAX model. Some scholars have noticed that house price fluctuations will have a huge impact on residential consumption, and house purchase costs will squeeze households' consumption of other commodities [44]. However, in China's official statistics, the consumer price index representing the price level of consumer goods already includes house prices, so this study will no longer take house prices as a separate exogenous variable.…”
Section: Variables and Data Sourcementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Housing prices and air quality are two topics closely related to people's lives, and they are also popular topics among scholars. For research of housing prices, scholars focus mainly on population mobility [1], household consumption [2], enterprise development [3], and education development [4]. At the same level, the research field is relatively broad, and the results are also relatively richer.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, the government can give a first-time homebuyer subsidy to encourage individuals to purchase a home. A more enticing return-risk relationship can be formed in the housing market (Yuan, Shen, & Zhou, 2020).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%