Housing wealth inequality in urban China: the transition from welfare allocation to market differentiation
Abstract The differentiation of housing assets is an important embodiment of wealth inequality and is also an important dimension of social stratification. The housing distribution in China has experienced a transition from welfare allocation to market distribution over the decades. This process has...
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| description | Abstract The differentiation of housing assets is an important embodiment of wealth inequality and is also an important dimension of social stratification. The housing distribution in China has experienced a transition from welfare allocation to market distribution over the decades. This process has led to a change in the housing stratification mechanism and widened housing wealth inequality, which has evoked theoretical disputes about “market transition,” “power persistence,” and “power derivation.” Based on the 2017 Chinese Social Survey (CSS), this article examines the housing wealth inequality in urban China and probes the major drivers of housing stratification. The results suggest that with the progress of housing marketization, market mechanisms have replaced the original socialist redistribution mechanisms and have become the major drivers of housing wealth inequality. However, some of the original socialist institutional arrangements continue to have strong effects on housing wealth inequality. The persisting institutional effect may provide a new perspective for exploring housing wealth inequality in contemporary urban China. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0f30fadc323b4e5ebd8cbbcb388ee01b2022-12-21T19:05:33ZengSpringerOpenThe Journal of Chinese Sociology2198-26352020-09-017111710.1186/s40711-020-00129-4Housing wealth inequality in urban China: the transition from welfare allocation to market differentiationChunling Li0Yiming Fan1Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social SciencesGraduate School, University of Chinese Academy of Social SciencesAbstract The differentiation of housing assets is an important embodiment of wealth inequality and is also an important dimension of social stratification. The housing distribution in China has experienced a transition from welfare allocation to market distribution over the decades. This process has led to a change in the housing stratification mechanism and widened housing wealth inequality, which has evoked theoretical disputes about “market transition,” “power persistence,” and “power derivation.” Based on the 2017 Chinese Social Survey (CSS), this article examines the housing wealth inequality in urban China and probes the major drivers of housing stratification. The results suggest that with the progress of housing marketization, market mechanisms have replaced the original socialist redistribution mechanisms and have become the major drivers of housing wealth inequality. However, some of the original socialist institutional arrangements continue to have strong effects on housing wealth inequality. The persisting institutional effect may provide a new perspective for exploring housing wealth inequality in contemporary urban China.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40711-020-00129-4Housing wealth inequalityMarket transitionInstitutional effect |
| spellingShingle | Chunling Li Yiming Fan Housing wealth inequality in urban China: the transition from welfare allocation to market differentiation The Journal of Chinese Sociology Housing wealth inequality Market transition Institutional effect |
| title | Housing wealth inequality in urban China: the transition from welfare allocation to market differentiation |
| title_full | Housing wealth inequality in urban China: the transition from welfare allocation to market differentiation |
| title_fullStr | Housing wealth inequality in urban China: the transition from welfare allocation to market differentiation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Housing wealth inequality in urban China: the transition from welfare allocation to market differentiation |
| title_short | Housing wealth inequality in urban China: the transition from welfare allocation to market differentiation |
| title_sort | housing wealth inequality in urban china the transition from welfare allocation to market differentiation |
| topic | Housing wealth inequality Market transition Institutional effect |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40711-020-00129-4 |
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