近日，团队博士研究生李桥鸽有关“Housing unaffordability and adolescent academic achievement in urban China”的合作研究正式发表于Applied Economics。该研究是与北大国发院丁兰琳博士和德国霍恩海姆大学Alfonso Sousa-Poza教授的又一合作成果。首次运用2010-2018年中国家庭追踪数据和工具变量的方法探究城镇家庭住房不可支付性对青少年学业成绩的影响。研究结果表明，家庭住房不可支付性对青少年学业成绩具有负向影响。进一步，机制分析结果证实家庭住房不可支付性主要通过欠佳的住房质量、减少课外学业辅导时间、降低家庭对食物、社会资本和教育支出等途径影响青少年学业成绩。

Abstract

Our study, based on longitudinal data from the 2010-2018 China Family Panel Studies, analyses the effect of housing unaffordability on the academic achievements of Chinese adolescents aged 10-18. To address the inherent endogeneity issues associated with housing unaffordability, we employ a fixed effects instrumental variable approach. Our findings reveal that housing unaffordability leads to a decline in adolescent Chinese performance by an average of 12%. This negative effect is more pronounced for specific groups: school-zoned housing buyers, rural-to-urban migrant families, girls with brothers, families who rent, lower-income households, older adolescents (aged 13 to 18), and those residing in less developed regions. Moreover, the results suggest that housing unaffordability adversely affects academic performance indirectly by increasing the likelihood of living in poor-quality housing, diminishing extracurricular academic tutoring and household essential spending, such as food, social capital, and education.

Keywords: housing unaffordability; academic achievement; adolescents; China

JEL classifications: J13; J24; I20; R21

Weblink: Nie, P., Li, Q., Ding, L., & Sousa-Poza, A. (2024). Housing unaffordability and adolescent academic achievement in urban China. Applied Economics, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2024.23915