Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
8-2018
Abstract
Using household data for rural northern Vietnam between 1993 and 2014, we find that the ethnic minority group continued to lag behind the majority group in various development indicators despite the overall improvement in living standards. Our regression and decomposition analyses show that the structural differences between the two groups are an important cause of persistent development gap. However, the nature of structural differences changed over time and no single source of structural difference explains the persistent gap. We argue that more minority‐appropriate policies are needed to lift poor minority households out of poverty further and reduce the development gap.
Keywords
ethnic minority, inequality, Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, poverty decomposition, Vietnam
Discipline
Asian Studies | Behavioral Economics | Race and Ethnicity
Research Areas
Applied Microeconomics
Publication
World Economy
Volume
41
Issue
8
First Page
2067
Last Page
2101
ISSN
0378-5920
Identifier
10.1111/twec.12578
Publisher
Wiley
Citation
FUJII, Tomoki.
Has the development gap between the ethnic minority and majority groups narrowed in Vietnam?: Evidence from household surveys. (2018). World Economy. 41, (8), 2067-2101.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2137
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Authors
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12578