Discovering sources of inequality in transition economies: a case study of rural Vietnam

Molini, Vasco; Wan, Guanghua

doi:10.1007/s10644-008-9042-8

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“…It is concluded that microcredit provided by VBSP helps poor farmers reduce their miserable work in the fields but its influence on the improvement of income and livelihoods is not clear. In respects of consumption, as argued elsewhere, it is considered a good measure of human well-being (Molini et al, 2008). Normally, it is funded by mostly low non-farm income/wage from their uncertain work in the districts towns or Lao Cai city.…”

Section: Impact Of Credit Access To Agricultural Production In Lao Caimentioning

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Impacts of Credit Access on Agricultural Production and Rural Household’s Welfares in Northern Mountains of Vietnam

Lam¹,

Hop²,

Burny³

et al. 2019

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There is a great consensus on the positive impact of credit access on farmers' incomes and consumption, however, its effect on income inequality among different population segments is still a controversial issue. The paper aims to examine these concerns through using the mixed data collected from the sample of 193 households surveyed (demand-side) and in-depth interviewees with the key credit providers (supply-side) in Lao Cai, the sixth poorest province in Vietnam. At the grass root level, it is evident that better credit access not only significantly positive influences on the effectiveness of agricultural production, but also is the driving force for better structural transition within cultivation versus livestock. Besides this, it enhances both on-farm and off-farm income as well as the well-being of rural households. At the community-impact level, surprisingly, the financial development without agriculture-related supports causes to the negative effect on the distribution of agricultural outcomes and prolongs the inequality in the locality. In addition, an alarm regarding latent social issues has been generating from the preferential credit screen under the community-based lending method. Finally, policy implications are discussed to enhance the effectiveness and outreach of credit in the locality.

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Section: Impact Of Credit Access To Agricultural Production In Lao Caimentioning

confidence: 98%

Impacts of Credit Access on Agricultural Production and Rural Household’s Welfares in Northern Mountains of Vietnam

Lam¹,

Hop²,

Burny³

et al. 2019

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“…First, consumption data are less influenced by measurement errors. Second, consumption data are less volatile and the distribution in the population is less skewed than that of most other welfare measures (Molini and Wan, ). Third, consumption expenditures are often a better proxy than income for household wellbeing in terms of nutrition and health.…”

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Differential livelihood impacts of oil palm expansion in Indonesia

Krishna

Euler

Siregar

et al. 2017

Agricultural Economics

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In this article, the impacts of oil palm adoption on livelihoods of smallholder farm households are analyzed. The study builds on survey data from Sumatra, Indonesia. Treatment-effects and endogenous switching regression models suggest that smallholder households benefit from oil palm adoption on average. Part of the benefit stems from the fact that oil palm requires less labor than rubber, the main alternative crop. This allows oil palm adopters to allocate more labor to off-farm activities and/or to expand their farmland. For households with a low land-to-labor ratio, rubber is typically a more lucrative crop than oil palm. Depending on various social and institutional factors, households' access to land, labor, and capital varies, contributing to impact heterogeneity. Welfare gains associated with oil palm are more pronounced among households that have formal land titles and access to additional land to expand their farm size during the process of adoption.JEL classifications: Q12, Q15

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“…In the section on methodology below I present the approach. Applications have been done by Fields/Yoo (2000) on labour income inequality in Korea, by Morduch/Sicular (2002) and Wan (2004) on income inequality in rural China, by Molini/Wan (2008) on Vietnam, and by Gunatilaka/Chotikapanich (2009) on expenditure inequality in Sri Lanka. Contrary to Shorrocks (1999), Fields (2003) estimates the share of the log variance of income that is attributable to explanatory factors.…”

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Drivers of wealth inequality in euro area countries: the effect of inheritance and gifts on household gross and net wealth distribution analysed by applying the Shapley value approach to decomposition*

Leitner

2016

European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention

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This paper investigates the sources of inequality in household gross and net wealth across eight euro area countries applying the Shapley value approach to decomposition. The research draws on micro data from the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey 2010. Dispersion in bequests and inter vivos transfers obtained by households are found to have a remarkable effect on wealth inequality that is stronger than that of income differences. In Austria, Germany and Cyprus the contribution of real and financial assets inherited or received as gifts to gross and net wealth inequality attains about 40 per cent. Nevertheless, the distribution of household characteristics (age, education, size, number of adults and children in the household, marital status) within countries also shapes the observed wealth dispersion.

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Discovering sources of inequality in transition economies: a case study of rural Vietnam

Cited by 11 publications

References 38 publications

Impacts of Credit Access on Agricultural Production and Rural Household’s Welfares in Northern Mountains of Vietnam

Impacts of Credit Access on Agricultural Production and Rural Household’s Welfares in Northern Mountains of Vietnam

Differential livelihood impacts of oil palm expansion in Indonesia

Drivers of wealth inequality in euro area countries: the effect of inheritance and gifts on household gross and net wealth distribution analysed by applying the Shapley value approach to decomposition*

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