Data & Methodology of "Formal and informal debt in China: Evidence from the 2014 hukou reform"

The data used in Formal and Informal Debt in China: Evidence from the 2014 Hukou Reform are sourced from the China Household Finance Survey (CHFS). The authors accessed the CHFS data through the secure CHFS Data Platform. Under the platform’s terms of use, they are not permitted to export or share the data. However, interested researchers can apply for access directly via the CHFS official website (https://chfs.swufe.edu.cn/). Below, we provide a detailed and replicable guide in data and methodology used in this study.