Research Article

What are the Effects of Demographic Structures on Housing Consumption?: Evidence from 31 Provinces in China

Table 1

Studies of demographic factors affecting housing consumption.

FactorLiterature studies

Natural structure
 Population sizeThompson [7]; Kuchay et al. [8]; Choi et al. [5]
 Age structureCampbell [9]; Easterlin [10]; Carliner [11]; Mankiw and Weil [12]; McFadden [13]; Green and Hendershott [14]; Ermisch [15]; Holly and Jones [16]; Myers and Ryu [17]; Levin et al. [18]; Hiller and Lerbs [19]; Malmberg [20]; Choi et al. [5]

Regional structure
 Spatial structureLong and Wu [21]; Lee and Huh [22]; Saiz [23]; Chen et al. [4]; Akbari and Aydede [24]; Gonzalez and Ortega [25]; Lu et al. [26]; Wang and Zhang [27]; Elíasson [28]; Lin [29]

Social structure
 Education structureGreen and Hendershottb [14]; Zhou [30]; Eichholtz and Lindenthal [2]; Chen and Zhang [31]
 Family sizeHorioka [32]; Hugo [33]; Lauf et al. [6]; Chen and Chen [34]