Diversifying Factors of Income Inequality in the Rural Mekong Delta

Evidence of Commune‐Level Heterogeneity

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ID21310311
AuthorsEmi Kojin (Area Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO Chiba Japan, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume58
Issue4
Pages360-391
Publication date2020-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Developing Economies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-1533 • E-ISSN: 1746-1049
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/deve.12259
OpenAlexW3093536816
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited12

This paper examines factors affecting income inequality in rural Vietnam with a special focus on the Mekong Delta. A case study reveals that there is heterogeneity in the factors of rural inequality at the commune level. While the inequality in one survey commune correlates with nonagricultural income rather than landholdings, the inequality in the other survey commune is determined by landholdings and characterized by a fixed structure. However, at the same time, the increasing importance of education in economic advancement is also observed in both communes under rural livelihood diversification conditions

Agriculture · Business · Demographic economics · Development economics · Diversification (marketing strategy) · Economic geography · Economic inequality · Economics · Geography · Inequality · Livelihood · Mekong delta · Socioeconomics · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Land Rights and Reforms

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