China Journal of Economics

2026, v.13;No.49(01) 157-175

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Property Rights System of Land, Housing Price Structure and Wealth Inequality

Buyuan Yang;Danxia Xie;Weiyi Zhao;Qingquan Zhang;

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The separation of rural land ownership, contracting rights, and management rights constitutes a crucial aspect of China's rural land property rights system. We construct a novel general equilibrium model that includes three markets for consumer goods, land ownership, and land use rights(abbreviated after merging contracting and operating rights). It shows that after collective land enters the market, housing price decreases and reflects more on the price of the use right. We further introduce shared ownership as a financial innovation into the framework above and find that some residents who originally planned to rent or buy houses purchased shared ownership houses. Model calibration shows that allowing collective land to trade can improve the welfare of low-income rural residents and mitigate wealth inequality(the wealth Gini coefficient dropped by 16%). The further introduction of shared ownership is a Pareto improvement. This study provides essential scientific insights into the economic impacts of collective land marketization and the implementation of the shared ownership housing systems, thereby facilitating a deeper understanding of the “separation of rights” reform in rural land in China.

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Foundation: 国家自然科学基金面上项目(72373079);国家自然科学基金专项项目(72342008);国家自然科学基金重大项目(72192802);国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目(72403265);; 国家社科基金重大项目(24&ZD053);; 国家资助博士后研究人员计划(GZC20242117);; 中国博士后科学基金第75批面上项目(2024M753813);; 高等学校学科创新引智基地(B21038);; 中南财经政法大学中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金(2722024EJ011);; 清华大学自主科研计划(2024THZWYY06);; 中央财经大学科研创新团队支持计划的资助

Authors: Buyuan Yang;Danxia Xie;Weiyi Zhao;Qingquan Zhang;

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