Income-Based Social Stratification in Vietnam, 1998–2018

The Cuong Bui () and Si Anh Truong
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The Cuong Bui: Southern Institute of Social Sciences, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
Si Anh Truong: Kantar Media

Chapter Chapter 9 in Rethinking Asian Capitalism, 2022, pp 205-219 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Using data sets compiled in the previous two decades by the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, the chapter analyses the quantitative structure of income-based social classes in Vietnam and its evolution over the period 1998–2018. The contours of social stratification changed significantly in shape, from a pyramid in 1998 to a rhombus in 2018. The evolution of social stratification in the rural areas had lagged approximately one decade behind the urban areas yet it reached a turning point in the 2010s. The income-difference coefficient among social classes was increasing during the period. The rise was especially significant for the upper class and the upper-middle class compared to the lower classes. The income-difference coefficient was changing slowly in the 2000s but more rapidly in the 2010s.

Keywords: Income-based social stratification; Income-based social class; Income-difference coefficient; Vietnam; Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-98104-4_9

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