Abstract：Housing， as the necessity of every family， was closely related to people's life. The divorce rate is a comprehensive reflection of the stability of marriage and whether it would have an impact on the housing price is worth paying attention to. Based on panel data of 31 provinces and cities (autonomous regions) in China from 2003 to 2017， this paper studied the impact of divorce rate on housing price by using spatial measurement model and the results are shown as follows. Firstly， the divorce rate has a significant positive impact on the housing price. The housing price rose by 6.26% accordingly with each millesimal rise of divorce rate. It’s indicated that the rising divorce rate not only represents the instability of the marriage market， but also easily leads to the rapid rise of housing prices. Secondly， according to China's real estate regulation and control policies， the time-division model estimation suggests that the divorce rate in China has a significant positive impact on the housing price from 2003 to 2009 and 2010 to 2017， while its impact is decreasing (from 0.130 7 to 0.041 8). Therefore， macro-control of the real estate market with the government as the main body is still a necessary means for the healthy economic development in the future. In addition， it is also found that China's divorce rate has no spatial spillover effect on the housing price， that is， the divorce rate in one province has no significant impact on the housing price in its neighboring province， which might be related to the strong spatial agglomeration of housing price and the household registration restrictions of the real estate policy.
2019, Vol. 53 
