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Journal Article
Pathways to homeownership among young professionals in urban China
2018
Overview
Studies on China’s new housing regime primarily focus on state and market as major provision mechanisms and the role of family assistance is largely ignored. This paper explores how family resources help Chinese young professionals in their pathways to homeownership by drawing on qualitative interviews done in Beijing. It was found that young professionals who managed to secure parental help usually came from middle-class families, with parents who were public-sector professionals and managers benefiting from the state’s generous housing reforms in the 1990s. As a result of these intergenerational transfers, housing advantages of these middle-class parents were reproduced among their younger generation, making it easier for them to become homeowners. They might also exacerbate the pre-existing housing inequality. These transfers were made possible in the unique family context with frequent reciprocal exchanges of help and care, which was strengthened by the country’s one-child policy. The new housing regime, characterised by the neoliberal shift of the state’s role and the house price inflation, also enhanced the necessity of relying on family resources.
对于中国新住房体制的研究，基本上以政府及市场作为主要的供给机制，家庭援助的角色很大程度上被忽略。本文透过在北京进行的质性访谈，探讨家庭资源如何帮助中国年轻的专业人士成为业主。研究发现，获得援助的年轻专业人士通常来自中产阶级家庭，其父母通常是公营部门的专业人士及管理阶层，并且受益于九十年代优厚的房屋改革。透过代际间的转移，这些中产阶级父母在住房上的优势，在年轻的一代中得以复制，这不单令他们更容易成为业主，并且加剧一直以来住房上的不平等。这些代际转移能够出现，有赖于中国独特的家庭环境，尤其是两代间频繁的互相照顾及帮助，这些互动因着国家的一孩政策得以巩固下来。在中国新的住房体制里，政府的角色转向新自由主义，房屋价格亦不断攀升，这两个特点亦增加年轻一代对家庭资源的依赖。
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Sage Publications, Ltd,SAGE Publications,Sage Publications Ltd
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