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The Impact of Children’s Gender on Family Housing Assets

Minting Tan
pp.336-340 DOI: 10.62051/fb2ngj53 May 13, 2024
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Abstract: China's household asset investment shows the characteristics of real estate concentration, which reduces the short-term risk-resistant ability of households and restricts the consumption ability of residents. This paper puts forward the theoretical hypothesis that “families whose eldest son is a boy have stronger housing investment motives”. A probit model is constructed using data from CHFS2019 for empirical testing. The results find that households whose eldest son is a boy have a stronger propensity to invest in housing than households whose eldest son is a girl. The degree of local sex ratio imbalance and the risk attitude of the head of household also influence investment behavior.
Keywords: Family Housing Investment; Gender of First Child; Gender Imbalance.
APA Citation: Minting Tan (2024). The Impact of Children’s Gender on Family Housing Assets. Transactions on Economics, Business and Management Research, 6(1), 336-340. https://doi.org/10.62051/fb2ngj53

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