In this paper, we examine the impact of housing rent increase on migrants' household consumption and social integration. Using the China Migrants Dynamic Survey 2011-2014, we find that rent increase significantly reduces migrants’ non-housing consumption and leads to deteriorating social...

Purpose This study aims to explore the spatial externalities of apartment vacancy rates on housing rent by considering multiple vacancy durations. Design/methodology/approach This research uses smart meter data to measure unobservable vacant houses. This study made a significant contribution by...

Whether individuals and job opportunities are well connected is a key determinant of productive urban labor markets. The overall level of job accessibility in a city depends on the locations of jobs and workers' residences, as well as transport networks. Moreover, who has good access to job...

One of the major problems is the lack of investment in rental housing. Experience has shown that cash transfers under a proper system of financing not only will not lead to economic mobility but does observe the effects of inflation in the housing sector and being active in the market to buy and...

Requiring energy efficiency building codes raises housing prices (or the monthly rental equivalent), but theoretically this effect might be fully offset by reductions in household energy expenditures. Whether there is a full compensating differential or how much households are paying implicitly...