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JUE Insight: COVID-19 and household preference for urban density in China.

ABSTRACT: This paper investigates the effect of COVID-19 on both housing prices and housing price gradients in China using transaction level data from 60 Chinese cities. After using a difference-in-differences (DID) specification to disentangle the confounding effects of China's annual Spring Festival, we find that housing prices decreased by two percent immediately after the COVID-19 outbreak but gradually recovered by September 2020. Moreover, our findings suggest that COVID-19 flattens the horizontal housing price gradient, reduces the price premium for living in tall buildings, and changes the vertical gradient within residential buildings. This is likely explained by the changing household preferences towards low-density areas associated with lower infection risk.

SUBMITTER: Huang N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9295400 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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JUE Insight: COVID-19 and household preference for urban density in China.

Huang Naqun N Pang Jindong J Yang Yanmin Y

Journal of urban economics 20220719

This paper investigates the effect of COVID-19 on both housing prices and housing price gradients in China using transaction level data from 60 Chinese cities. After using a difference-in-differences (DID) specification to disentangle the confounding effects of China's annual Spring Festival, we find that housing prices decreased by two percent immediately after the COVID-19 outbreak but gradually recovered by September 2020. Moreover, our findings suggest that COVID-19 flattens the horizontal h ...[more]

PMID: 35873868

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