With prices soaring in Chinese superstar cities (i.e., Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen), housing is becoming increasingly unaffordable. This paper investigates whether housing unaffordability crowds out elites in Chinese superstar cities. Using both micro- and macro-level data from...

This paper explores how the unequal right of enrollment for public schools between households with different tenure statuses in urban People's Republic of China (PRC) affects rental yields. In the PRC, the rental yield is as low as 2% in major cities, mostly due to the lack of property tax and...