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Impact of paternal temporary absence on children left behind
Booth, Alison L.; Tamura, Yuji - 2009
Using the first two waves of the Vietnam Living Standards Survey, we investigate how a father's temporary absence … investment ; child labor ; Vietnam ; VLSS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894803
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Inequality in Vietnamese urban-rural living standards, 1993 - 2006
Le, Huong Thu; Booth, Alison L. - 2010
Using data from five waves of the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey, we find evidence of significant urban …-rural expenditure inequality. Urban-rural inequality in Vietnam increased dramatically from 1993 to 1998, and peaked in 2002 before …-rural inequality ; Vietnam ; unconditional quantile regression ; Oaxaca decomposition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003975202
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Monetary transfers from children and the labour supply of elderly parents : evidence from Vietnam
Trong Ha Nguyen; Liu, Amy Y. C.; Booth, Alison L. - 2012
In the absence of a broad-based pension scheme, the elderly in developing countries may rely on monetary transfers made by their children and on their own labour supply. This paper examines whether monetary transfers from children help to reduce elderly parents' need to work. Taking the possible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009663908