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Abstract：
This study identifies the health effect of rising housing prices on individual physical health using the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) data. Exploiting exogenous housing prices, I find that rising housing prices adversely affect physical health status. Heterogeneity analyses yield interesting findings. First, the adverse effects of high housing prices are pronounced in the group owning only one house. Second, significant effects of housing prices on health for the group aged 20 to 45 are observed, with no effects for the elderly group above 45. Third, males are more sensitive to high housing prices due to the intensified competition and traditional gender norm in marriage markets. I also further investigate the channel through which housing prices affect individual physical health. The findings indicate that rising housing prices can damage individual physical health via lowering social status, reducing physical exercise time and increasing mental health risk.
摘要：
本研究使用中国综合社会调查（CGSS）数据确定了房价上涨对个人身体健康的健康影响。利用外源房价，我发现房价上涨会对身体健康状况产生不利影响。异质性分析产生了有趣的发现。首先,高房价的不利影响在仅拥有一套房屋的群体中很明显。第二,观察到房价对20至45岁人群健康的显著影响，对45岁以上的老年组没有影响。第三，由于婚姻市场的竞争加剧和传统的性别规范，男性对高房价更加敏感。我还进一步调查了房价影响个人身体健康的渠道。研究结果表明，房价上涨会通过降低社会地位损害个人身体健康，减少体育锻炼时间，增加心理健康风险。
