Differences in Consumption Patterns Between Urban and Rural Migrant Households in Vietnam

Thi Huong Giang Nguyen ()
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Thi Huong Giang Nguyen: Australian National University

A chapter in Rural-Urban Migration in Vietnam, 2019, pp 189-210 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter uses data from the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey 2012 (VHLSS2012) and the Vietnam Rural–Urban Migration Survey 2013 (VRUMS2013) to study migrants’ consumption behaviour in the destination cities in Vietnam. Using ordinary least squares (OLS) and quantile regression, the author finds that overall consumption levels are considerably lower for migrant households without an urban household registration (ho khau). The gap is significantly large for non-food consumption, while it is almost negligible for food consumption. The difference in consumption behaviour between migrant and urban households is explained partly by the differences in sending remittances and precautionary saving behaviour between the two groups. Also, the existing gap at the top end of the consumption distribution implies that migrant households may not be able to fully catch up with their urban counterparts.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-94574-3_8

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