Ethnic disadvantage in Vietnam: Evidence using panel data

Saurabh Singhal and Ulrik Beck

No wp-2015-097, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This study investigates the ethnic disadvantage in rural Vietnam, focusing on the magnitude of the majority-minority gap and the constraints on ethnic minority households that contribute to the gap. Using a biannual panel dataset spanning the period 2006-14, this paper documents large improvements in living standards both for the Kinh majority as well as for the ethnic minorities. However, a significant difference between the Kinh households and the rest persists—and there is no sign that the gap is closing.

Keywords: Equality and inequality; Ethnic relations; Households; Income; Minorities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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