TITLE:
Residential Difference and Settlement Intention: Based on Ordered Logit Model
AUTHORS:
Murong Guo
KEYWORDS:
Residential Difference, Settlement Intention, Ordered Logit Model
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Business and Management,
Vol.4 No.3,
July
22,
2016
ABSTRACT: Based on the survey of the National Dynamic Monitoring of the Floating Population of China in
2014, this paper applies ordered logit model to present statistical evidence showing how residential
difference can lead to variations in the probabilities of settlement of the floating population.
The empirical results show that the residential difference is positively related to the settlement
intensions of migrant workers. Specifically, the probability of settlement for the people who live in
commercial housing is the highest, followed by those living in government subsidized housing and
rental private housing, while those living in work unit housing is the lowest. Therefore, in order to
promote the process of urbanization, we should respect migrants’ settlement intensions and
achieve the goal of their permanent settlement by improving the multi-level residential pattern
and establishing a multiple security housing supply systems.