Regional Differences of Housing Market and Migrant Workers' Housing Choices
利用1998-2013年中国统计数据和2010年106个城市数据，分析了住房市场区域差异对农民工家庭住房可负担性的影响，发现东部地区最差、中部最好，并解释了住房选择差异的原因。
The shortage of housing affordability has becoming the core problem of migrant workers' housing issiues. The regional differences in housing market determine the regional differences of migrant workers' housing affordability, by which the housing choices of migrant workers are affected. According to the statistical data of 1998~2013 in China, this paper analyzed the regional characteristics in housing market, and measured the housing affordability of migrant workers' families in different regions. We found that the housing affordability of migrant workers' families in the eastern region was significantly worse than the central region or the western region, and the housing affordability of migrant workers' families in the central region was the best. In this paper, we also analyzed the housing choices of migrant workers in different regions through the data of 106 cities in 2010 from National Population and Family Planning Commission, and explained the reasons of the regional differences in the migrant workers' housing choices. At last, the regional housing policy suggestions were put forward.