We identify the causal impact of housing demolition on employment and occupational mobility of working-age individuals … in China. We exploit housing demolition events as a quasi-natural experiment and apply a two-way fixed effects approach … demolition creates skill waste by making individuals less likely to work; while on the intensive margin, housing demolition leads …

We identify the causal impact of housing demolition on employment and occupational mobility of working-age individuals … in China. We exploit housing demolition events as a quasi-natural experiment and apply a two-way fixed effects approach … demolition creates skill waste by making individuals less likely to work; while on the intensive margin, housing demolition leads …

Vacant housing and even housing demolition have recently become an issue in a number of countries. Given this renewed … interest in demolition, this paper contributes to the literature on (i) housing demolition and (ii) policy coordination. The …