Spatial-temporal differentiation of housing burden and migration of urban floating population in China
WANG Jiekai1,2， YE Ling1,2，SONG Weixuan1,3， TU Zhenfa4
(1.Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology， Chinese Academy of Sciences， Nanjing 210008， China；2. Chinese Academy of Sciences University， Beijing 100049， China； 3. Key Laboratory of Watershed Geographic Sciences， Chinese Academy of Sciences， Nanjing 210008， China；4. College of Urban Environmental Sciences， Central China Normal University， Wuhan 430074， China)
Abstract：Against the backdrop of high urban house prices， housing burden (including rent) has become the main economic burden of hundreds of millions of floating population families in urban China， which not only affects the residency costs and life quality of the floating population in the city， but also influences their decision-making on migration and inclination towards permanent residency. Based on the data from China migrants dynamic survey (CMDS) in 2012 and 2017， with cities at prefecture-level and above as spatial units， the differences in income and housing burden of different regions， cities levels and and occupational and educational backgrounds of migrants were compared. It's found that the rental costs and rent-to-income ratio in developed coastal provinces in the east were significantly lower than those in the central， western and northeastern regions. The burden of renting is more significant for high-grade cities， individuals with higher education levels and stable occupations， as compared to othergroups. The burden of rental costs has some influence on population flow and change， with high house prices being a critical influential factor in the floating population's long-term residency or migration decisions. From the perspective of overall cost-benefit analysis， the developed regions in the east and high-grade cities remain important destination areas for floating population influx in the foreseeable future. However， the rising house price ， which have surpassed the economic capacity of the migratory population， will become a significant obstacle to their permanent settlement in these cities， leadig to an increase in residency costs and ultimately compelling them to return to their hometown or migrate to relatively low-cost cities.. The government should take proper account of migrants' demands for housing， and step up efforts to ensure the supply of subsidized housing such as public rental housing for the floating population.
王捷凯,叶 玲,宋伟轩,涂振发. 中国城市流动人口住房负担与迁移的时空分异格局研究[J]. 华中师范大学学报(自然科学版), 2023, 57(4): 576-588.
WANG Jiekai,YE Ling,SONG Weixuan,TU Zhenfa. Spatial-temporal differentiation of housing burden and migration of urban floating population in China. journal1, 2023, 57(4): 576-588.
2023, Vol. 57 
