Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Humanities and Social Science

Impact of Happiness on Allocation in Real Estate in Chinese Household

Authors
Yaling Zhou, Zhongyi Xiao
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Yaling Zhou
Available Online January 2016.
DOI
10.2991/hss-26.2016.144How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Happiness, Real estate, China, Household, Optimism.
Abstract

This article utilizes the data from China Household Finance Survey in 2011 to study the relationship between happiness and investment in real estate market. The result indicates the probability of a household’s participation in real estate, as well as household shares invested in it, is strongly associated with happiness. Furthermore, empirical results suggest optimism triggers a potential channel to affect household’s allocation in real estate market.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Humanities and Social Science
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
January 2016
ISBN
978-94-6252-159-9
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/hss-26.2016.144How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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