| Title |
Housing Consumption and Residential Location Change in Later Life - Focused on the Metropolitan Area |
| Keywords |
고령화 ; 생애주기 ; 주거소비면적 ; 주거입지 Aging ; Life-cycle ; Housing Size ; Residential Location ; Single Elderly ; Second Work after Retirement |
| Abstract |
Based on the Population, Housing Census and Household Travel Survey data, this study empirically analyzes the effect of aging, being single and being engaged with economic activity of the aged people on housing consumption and residential location. The age increase effect on housing consumption is characterized not by an decrease but by increase in housing size. The effect on residential location is characterized by preferring downtown where the aged people can enjoy good living environment. The single elderly effect on housing size means minus effect but doesn?t have any significance in deciding the location of residence. However, the economic activity duration after retirement has minus effect on housing consumption and minus effect on residential location unexpectedly. Therefore, these empirical results indicate that housing policy on the aged should be targeted on the working elderly and aim to have more housing site for the elderly, not in the outskirt of a city but in downtown area. |