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Poverty reduction and economic structure: Comparative path analysis for Mozambique and Vietnam
Arndt, Channing; Garcia, Andres; Tarp, Finn; Thurlow, James - 2010
experiences of Mozambique and Vietnam - two countries with similar levels and compositions of economic growth but divergent … in Vietnam. Inadequate education, trade and transport systems are found to be more severe structural constraints to … poverty reduction in Mozambique than in Vietnam. Investing in these areas can significantly enhance the effectiveness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280253
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Ordinal welfare comparisons with multiple discrete indicators: A first order dominance approach and application to child poverty
Arndt, Channing; Distante, Roberta; Azhar Hussain, M.; … - 2012
rankings of populations. These approaches are applied to household survey data from Vietnam and Mozambique. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319891
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Poverty Imputation in Contexts without Consumption Data: A Revisit with Further Refinements
Dang, Hai-Anh; Kilic, Talip; Abanokova, Kseniya; … - 2023
surveys conducted over the past decade in Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Vietnam. We find that adding household … variables improves accuracy, as does including additional community-level predictors (available from data in Vietnam) related to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296617
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Imputing Poverty Indicators without Consumption Data: An Exploratory Analysis
Dang, Hai-Anh; Kilic, Talip; Abanokova, Kseniya; … - 2024
surveys conducted over the past decade in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Vietnam, we find encouraging …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015061870
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Connections and the allocation of public benefits
Newman, Carol; Zhang, Mengyang - 2015
. Using panel data from Vietnam we find evidence that households with connections to local government are more likely to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418564
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Economic transformation and the diversification of livelihoods in rural Viet Nam
Newman, Carol; Kinghan, Christina - 2015
Diversification of household activities away from agriculture is a key characteristic of economic development. We examine the extent of diversification among Vietnamese households, from agriculture into waged employment and entrepreneurship and whether this diversification is welfare enhancing....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418569
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Labour and migration in rural Vietnam
Narciso, Gaia - 2015
Vietnam, on the basis of the Vietnam Access to Resources Household Survey conducted in 2012 and 2014. The data reveal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418579
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Commercialization in agriculture in rural Viet Nam, 2006-14
McKay, Andy; Cazzuffi, Chiara; Perge, Emilie - 2015
The vast majority of households in rural Viet Nam undertake agricultural activities and for many this is their main livelihood. Moreover, this agriculture has become increasingly commercialized over time. This paper uses the five wave VARHS balanced panel data set to analyse three aspects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418582
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Spillover effects of international standards: Work conditions in Vietnamese small and medium enterprises
Trifković, Neda - 2015
improves work conditions in small and medium enterprises in Vietnam. Certified firms pay higher wages on average. They are also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418591
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Gender inequality and the empowerment of women in rural Viet Nam
Newman, Carol - 2015
This paper examines gender inequality and female empowerment in rural Viet Nam. Using an extensive panel dataset on 2,181 households, we examine how the welfare of women living in rural areas has evolved during a period of dramatic rural transformation, 2008 - 14. We find that while the economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418594