Journal of East China Normal University (Philosoph ›› 2018, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (2): 159-168.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2018.02.019

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On Intergenerational Differences of Migrant Workers' Location Preference for House Purchasing or Building

LI Jun-fu1, QI Hai-yan2   

  • Online:2018-03-15 Published:2018-03-27

Abstract:

Using the dynamic monitoring data of flouting population in 2014, and using multiple logistic regression to analyze the intergenerational differences of migrant workers' location preference for house purchasing or building, we find that the main house purchasing preferences of migrant workers include three types:house building in home villages, house purchasing in hometown and house purchasing near workplace. New generation of migrant workers prefers house purchasing in hometown, but old generation prefers house building in home villages and housing purchasing near workplace. There is no significant intergenerational difference between two generations. The income of the old generation is higher, and their purchasing power is stronger. A large proportion of migrant workers of the two generations who prefer house building in hometown shows that the dual system of the urban and the rural is still an obstacle for migrant workers to settle down in cities. The new generation of migrant workers tends to settle down in cities where they work, but they have to return and purchase house or building their house in hometown because of their inadequate purchasing power.

Key words: migrant workers, housing purchasing and housing building, location preference for house purchasing or building, intergenerational differences