Housing Affordability in Czech Regions and Demographic Behaviour - Does Housing Affordability Impact Fertility?

Kostelecký, Tomáš; Vobecká, Jana

doi:10.13060/00380288.2009.45.6.02

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“…Housing has thus been seen as a resource that enables or hinders the realization of childbearing plans (cf. Kostelecky and Vobecka 2009;Mulder and Billari 2010). The discussion of the effect of availability and affordability of housing on childbearing is not new, however.…”

Section: Previous Research On the Interrelationship Between Childbearmentioning

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Interrelationships Between Childbearing and Housing Transitions in the Family Life Course

Kulu

Steele

2013

Demography

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Research has examined the effect of family changes on housing transitions and childbearing patterns within various housing types. Although most research has investigated how an event in one domain of family life depends on the current state in another domain, the interplay between them has been little studied. This study examines the interrelationships between childbearing decisions and housing transitions. We use rich longitudinal register data from Finland and apply multilevel event history analysis to allow for multiple births and housing changes over the life course. We investigate the timing of fertility decisions and housing choices with respect to each other. We model childbearing and housing transitions jointly to control for time-invariant unobserved characteristics of women, which may simultaneously influence their fertility behavior and housing choices, and we show how joint modeling leads to a deeper understanding of the interplay between the two domains of family life.

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Section: Previous Research On the Interrelationship Between Childbearmentioning

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Interrelationships Between Childbearing and Housing Transitions in the Family Life Course

Kulu

Steele

2013

Demography

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“…These two types are based on rental housing, yet the owner-occupied housing might also be affordable, provided there are lower loan interest rates and a healthy housing-stock market. Another type of affordable housing considers the affordability for existing homeowners (Kostelecký & Vobecká, 2009).…”

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Housing affordability, quality of life, and residential satisfaction in the Austrian cross-border suburban region of Bratislava, Slovakia

Výbošťok¹,

Štefkovičová²

2023

Moravian Geographical Reports

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Bratislava’s satellites have experienced massive development in recent years. The population of a regional centre has moved into its Slovak hinterland. However, Bratislava’s cross-border suburbs have recorded spectacular population growth too. After 2008, housing in the EU became more affordable due to rising incomes and decreasing bank interest rates. Yet, the housing affordability index in the EU (and in the studied area) decreased in recent years due to increasing property prices and, more recently, a reverse tendency in bank interest rates. Through a questionnaire, we sought to establish a link between housing affordability and suburban residents’ expected quality of life. We assumed that a large proportion of the population had moved here specifically for a higher quality of life (residential satisfaction) and more affordable housing. Indeed, these were among the most common reasons for moving, with a large proportion of respondents choosing at least one. The Mann-Whitney U test showed that residents who moved to the Austrian suburbs of Bratislava for affordable housing were more satisfied with living in the municipality and housing costs. The article tries to fill the gap in the literature on housing affordability in suburban areas and on the quality of life of cross-border suburban residents.

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“…The influence of housing prices on fertility behaviors is particularly complex. On the one hand, high housing prices discourage the formation of families, resulting in delayed births and low fertility rates [5,6,7,8]. Using data from Census in the Czech Republish after 1989, Kostelechy Vobechá et al (2009) find that women in those districts with affordable housing markets would have their children sooner, while districts with lower affordability in housing markets cause women to delay their children's birth [5,8].…”

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Under Pressure: How Do Housing Prices and Income Affect Birth Preference in China

Yang¹

2023

AEMPS

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With a declining demographic trend nowadays, China is facing a critical challenge in pursuing economic growth. Previous literature has discussed that housing pressure and individual income are the main factors influencing fertility choices in contemporary society. However, very few have focused on how housing markets and income influence fertility behaviors under the specific situation that China faces. In this study, by conducting fixed-effect models, I use datasets from the CGSS survey and the NBS to investigate how housing prices and personal income affect birth preference in China. Results show that wealthier individuals prefer fewer children, and that people are less willing to have children when local housing prices become higher. Regional models show that the correlation between housing prices and birth preference is higher in cities where housing prices are high. Models based on gender differences show that females tend to be more focused on income, while males are more responsive to housing prices. Also, quadratic analysis shows that there is a U-shaped relationship between income and birth preference, which shows a decreasing trend until income is about 280,000 RMB (43,800 USD).

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Housing Affordability in Czech Regions and Demographic Behaviour - Does Housing Affordability Impact Fertility?

Cited by 12 publications

References 38 publications

Interrelationships Between Childbearing and Housing Transitions in the Family Life Course

Interrelationships Between Childbearing and Housing Transitions in the Family Life Course

Housing affordability, quality of life, and residential satisfaction in the Austrian cross-border suburban region of Bratislava, Slovakia

Under Pressure: How Do Housing Prices and Income Affect Birth Preference in China

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