Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam, 2002-2006

This paper provides a descriptive and multivariate analysis of poverty dynamics in Vietnam using panel data from the Vietnam household living standards surveys of 2002, 2004, and 2006. Transition matrices and contour plots confirm that while large...

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Main Authors: Baulch, Bob, Dat, Vu Hoang
Format: Report
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Hanoi 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/309531468267611416/Poverty-dynamics-in-Vietnam-2002-2006
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spelling okr-10986-277282021-04-23T14:04:42Z Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam, 2002-2006 Baulch, Bob Dat, Vu Hoang ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL LAND ARABLE LAND CHILD LABOR CHRONIC POVERTY CHRONICALLY POOR CLEAN WATER CLIMATE CHANGE CORRELATES OF POVERTY ECONOMIC GROWTH ELDERLY PEOPLE ETHNIC MINORITY EXTREME POVERTY FARM EMPLOYMENT FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD PRICE GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS GLOBAL POVERTY HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS ILLNESS IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INCOME DYNAMICS INDICATORS OF POVERTY INEQUALITY LACK OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF VULNERABILITY LONGITUDINAL DATA LOW INCOME NATURAL DISASTERS POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POORER HOUSEHOLDS POST-REFORM POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY DYNAMICS LITERATURE POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY RESEARCH POVERTY STATUS POVERTY UPDATE REGIONAL DUMMIES REGIONAL PATTERN RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SCHOOLING SOCIAL PROTECTION TRANSIENT POVERTY VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY WAGE EMPLOYMENT WORKING DAYS This paper provides a descriptive and multivariate analysis of poverty dynamics in Vietnam using panel data from the Vietnam household living standards surveys of 2002, 2004, and 2006. Transition matrices and contour plots confirm that while large numbers of households moved out of poverty between these years, many did not move far the poverty line and that around a tenth of rural households appear to be trapped in chronic poverty. Different categorical models are then estimated to analyze the correlates of chronic poverty and the drivers of poverty transitions in rural areas. Initial conditions, such as household size and composition, whether the household head comes from an ethnic minority or failed to complete primary school, and residence in northern Vietnam, have important roles in trapping households in poverty. Simultaneous quintile regression models show the chronically poor are more disadvantaged by geography and ethnic minority status, while changes in household size and the share of children matter more to the living standards of the never poor. 2017-08-10T21:01:15Z 2017-08-10T21:01:15Z 2010-03-30 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/309531468267611416/Poverty-dynamics-in-Vietnam-2002-2006 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27728 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Hanoi Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
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topic ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
AGRICULTURAL LAND
ARABLE LAND
CHILD LABOR
CHRONIC POVERTY
CHRONICALLY POOR
CLEAN WATER
CLIMATE CHANGE
CORRELATES OF POVERTY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELDERLY PEOPLE
ETHNIC MINORITY
EXTREME POVERTY
FARM EMPLOYMENT
FOOD EXPENDITURES
FOOD PRICE
GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS
GLOBAL POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS
ILLNESS
IMPACT ON POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DYNAMICS
INDICATORS OF POVERTY
INEQUALITY
LACK OF EDUCATION
LEVELS OF VULNERABILITY
LONGITUDINAL DATA
LOW INCOME
NATURAL DISASTERS
POOR HOUSEHOLD
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POORER HOUSEHOLDS
POST-REFORM
POVERTY DYNAMICS
POVERTY DYNAMICS LITERATURE
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MONITORING
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY RESEARCH
POVERTY STATUS
POVERTY UPDATE
REGIONAL DUMMIES
REGIONAL PATTERN
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL HOUSEHOLD
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL POVERTY
SCHOOLING
SOCIAL PROTECTION
TRANSIENT POVERTY
VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
WORKING DAYS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
AGRICULTURAL LAND
ARABLE LAND
CHILD LABOR
CHRONIC POVERTY
CHRONICALLY POOR
CLEAN WATER
CLIMATE CHANGE
CORRELATES OF POVERTY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELDERLY PEOPLE
ETHNIC MINORITY
EXTREME POVERTY
FARM EMPLOYMENT
FOOD EXPENDITURES
FOOD PRICE
GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS
GLOBAL POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS
ILLNESS
IMPACT ON POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DYNAMICS
INDICATORS OF POVERTY
INEQUALITY
LACK OF EDUCATION
LEVELS OF VULNERABILITY
LONGITUDINAL DATA
LOW INCOME
NATURAL DISASTERS
POOR HOUSEHOLD
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POORER HOUSEHOLDS
POST-REFORM
POVERTY DYNAMICS
POVERTY DYNAMICS LITERATURE
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MONITORING
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY RESEARCH
POVERTY STATUS
POVERTY UPDATE
REGIONAL DUMMIES
REGIONAL PATTERN
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL HOUSEHOLD
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL POVERTY
SCHOOLING
SOCIAL PROTECTION
TRANSIENT POVERTY
VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
WORKING DAYS
Baulch, Bob
Dat, Vu Hoang
Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam, 2002-2006
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Vietnam
description This paper provides a descriptive and multivariate analysis of poverty dynamics in Vietnam using panel data from the Vietnam household living standards surveys of 2002, 2004, and 2006. Transition matrices and contour plots confirm that while large numbers of households moved out of poverty between these years, many did not move far the poverty line and that around a tenth of rural households appear to be trapped in chronic poverty. Different categorical models are then estimated to analyze the correlates of chronic poverty and the drivers of poverty transitions in rural areas. Initial conditions, such as household size and composition, whether the household head comes from an ethnic minority or failed to complete primary school, and residence in northern Vietnam, have important roles in trapping households in poverty. Simultaneous quintile regression models show the chronically poor are more disadvantaged by geography and ethnic minority status, while changes in household size and the share of children matter more to the living standards of the never poor.
format Report
author Baulch, Bob
Dat, Vu Hoang
author_facet Baulch, Bob
Dat, Vu Hoang
author_sort Baulch, Bob
title Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam, 2002-2006
title_short Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam, 2002-2006
title_full Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam, 2002-2006
title_fullStr Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam, 2002-2006
title_full_unstemmed Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam, 2002-2006
title_sort poverty dynamics in vietnam, 2002-2006
publisher World Bank, Hanoi
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/309531468267611416/Poverty-dynamics-in-Vietnam-2002-2006
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27728
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