【题  目】The Spatial Consequences of Hukou Reform

【时  间】2025年10月22日（星期三），14:00-15:30

【地  点】后主楼1722会议室

【主讲人】张  帆 助理教授（暨南大学经济学院）

【主持人】曹思未 副教授（北京师范大学经济与工商管理学院）

摘要：

This paper examines how relaxing internal migration restrictions affects urban spatial forms in China. Exploiting the 2014 Hukou reform as a quasi-natural experiment, we employ a difference-in-differences approach, and find that cities implementing the reform experienced significant deterioration in urban shapes—an effect more pronounced in smaller cities, those facing natural or fiscal constraints, and cities more reliant on land sales revenue. The mechanism analysis reveals that local governments affected by the reform were more likely to adjust the urban planning strategy and expand into peripheral zones to supply additional industrial land, but often did so without sufficient public investment. These expansions may be misaligned with market demand, leading to decreased land price and higher rates of transaction failures.

报告人简介：

Zhang Fan is an Assistant Professor at the School of Economics, Jinan University. He obtained his Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore, M.S. and B.E. from Nankai University. His research interests include environmental economics, development economics, household finance, ect. His research findings have been published or accepted in peer-reviewed journals such as the Economic Journal, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Financial Management, Real Estate Economics, etc. More ongoing works are displayed on the personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/zack-zhangfan/research

张帆是暨南大学经济学院助理教授。他于新加坡国立大学获得博士学位，在南开大学获得硕士和学士学位。他的研究兴趣包括环境经济学、发展经济学和家庭金融等。其研究成果已发表或接收于在Economic Journal, Journal of Health Economic, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Financial Management, Real Estate Economics等同行评审期刊上。更多在研项目请参考个人网站信息：https://sites.google.com/view/zack-zhangfan/research