Abstract

Using data from the 2017 China Migrants Dynamics Survey, this study employs generalized structural equation modeling to examine the effects of migrants' places of origin and socioeconomic status on their destination choice and access to homeownership in the destination city. The analyses reveal significant disparities in access to homeownership among migrants from different places of origin. Furthermore, the position of the destination city in the urban hierarchy not only has a direct impact on migrants' access to homeownership but also plays an important mediating role. This study highlights the spatial foundations of housing inequality and builds an analytical framework that links spatial mobility with social mobility. Our findings have significant implications for housing policies and practices aimed at improving the housing conditions of new-generation migrants.

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Title
Housing differentiation from the spatial opportunity structure perspective: an empirical study on new-generation migrants in China
Author
Mu, Xueying 1 ; Cui, Can 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Cui, Junru 3 

 South China Normal University, School of Philosophy and Social Development, Guangzhou, China (GRID:grid.263785.d) (ISNI:0000 0004 0368 7397); East China Normal University, Research Center for China Administrative Division and School of Geographic Sciences, Shanghai, China (GRID:grid.22069.3f) (ISNI:0000 0004 0369 6365) 
 East China Normal University, Research Center for China Administrative Division and School of Geographic Sciences, Shanghai, China (GRID:grid.22069.3f) (ISNI:0000 0004 0369 6365) 
 University of Amsterdam, Centre for Urban Studies, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (GRID:grid.7177.6) (ISNI:0000 0000 8499 2262) 
Pages
3
Publication year
2024
Publication date
Dec 2024
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
e-ISSN
21982635
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2921258482
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2024. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.