Property in whose name? Intrahousehold bargaining over homeownership in China

• Main Authors: YU, Jia, CHENG, Cheng
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Home ownership; male and female differences; urban and rural differences; gender inequality; China; Asian Studies; Inequality and Stratification; Real Estate; Sociology of Culture
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3477; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4734/viewcontent/PropertyInWhoseName_sv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Previous research typically examined homeownership inequality across individuals or households, overlooking the intrahousehold allocation of homeownership. Using couple-level data of the 2016 China Family Panel Studies, our study addresses the gap by examining the bargaining over homeownership betwe...