The Effect of Housing Wealth on Labor Force Participation: Evidence from China

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Shihe Fu

Xiamen University - The Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE)

Yu Liao

Clark University - Department of Economics

Junfu Zhang

Clark University; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

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Abstract

This paper uses the 2011 China Household Finance Survey data to estimate the effect of change in housing value on homeowners' labor force participation. Using the average housing capital gains of other homes in the same community as an instrument for the housing capital gains of a given household, we find that a 100 thousand yuan increase in housing value leads to a 1.37 percentage point decrease in female homeowners' probability of participating in the labor force and a 1.49 percentage point increase in their probability of becoming housewives. We find little effect on men's labor force participation.

Keywords: housing wealth effect, housing price, labor supply, labor force participation

JEL Classification: J21, J22, R20, R30

Suggested Citation

Fu, Shihe and Liao, Yu and Zhang, Junfu, The Effect of Housing Wealth on Labor Force Participation: Evidence from China. IZA Discussion Paper No. 9745, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2742533 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2742533

Shihe Fu (Contact Author)

Xiamen University - The Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE) ( email )

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Yu Liao

Clark University - Department of Economics ( email )

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United States

Junfu Zhang

Clark University ( email )

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Worcester, MA 01610
United States

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

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