Table 1

Summary Statistics

Panel A: Individuals
MenWomen
(N = 125, 466)(N = 125, 466)
Age34.72433.306
(6.899)(6.645)
= 1 if college graduate0.5230.487
(0.499)(0.500)
Monthly income (2014 yuan)6,0954,743
(5098)(3949)
Workplace dist. to city center (km)16.92216.985
(16.209)(16.747)
Commute dist. from current home (km)11.65510.427
(13.317)(12.351)
Commute dist. from new home (km)15.29914.107
(13.659)(13.142)
Panel B: Households (N = 125,466)
MeanSD
Monthly household income (2014 yuan)10,8386,829
Current home to city center (km)19.76617.001
New home to city center (km)22.01814.963
Panel C: Communities (N = 5,434)
MeanSD
Price per sq. meter (2014 yuan)22,8679,290
Dist. to city center (km)16.9614.93
Year of completion1996.510.9
Avg. unit size (m2)84.88731.504
Floor-to-area ratio2.4211.218
Green area ratio (%)31.9506.995
# of units929983
Management fee (yuan/m2 per month)1.2831.212
Dist. to the nearest subway station (km)3.427.49
# of bus stops in neighborhooda109.56143.557
Air quality index (AQI)48.6149.057
# of key elementary schools in neighborhood1.5082.006
# of key secondary schools in neighborhood1.2672.040
Share of college grads in neighborhood0.3170.130
Share with Beijing hukou in neighborhood0.7300.134
  • Notes: The mortgage sample includes 125,466 households with both husband and wife working.

  • a Neighborhood is defined as area within a 2.5-km radius of the community.