Ethnic minority development in Vietnam

被引:71
作者
Baulch, Bob [1 ]
Chuyen, Truong Thi Kim
Haughton, Dominique
Haughton, Jonathan
机构
[1] Univ Sussex, Inst Dev Studies, Brighton BN1 9RE, E Sussex, England
[2] Natl Univ, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
[3] Bentley Coll, Waltham, MA USA
[4] Suffolk Univ, Boston, MA 02114 USA
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D O I
10.1080/02673030701526278
中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
0201 [理论经济学]; 020105 [世界经济]; 03 [法学]; 0303 [社会学];
摘要
This study examines the disparities in living standards between and among the different ethnic groups in Vietnam. Using data from the Vietnam Living Standards Surveys and 1999 Census, we show that 'majority' Kinh and Hoa households have substantially higher living standards than 'minority' households from Vietnam's 52 other ethnic groups. While the Kinh, Hoa, Khmer and Northern Highland Minorities benefited from economic growth in the 1990s, the position of the Central Highland Minorities stagnated. Decompositions show that even if minority households had the same endowments as Kinh households, this would close no more than a third of the gap in their per capita expenditures. While some ethnic minorities seem to be doing well out of a strategy of assimilating with the Kinh-Hoa majority, others groups are attempting to integrate economically while retaining distinct cultural identities, and a third group is largely being left behind by the growth process.
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页码:1151 / 1176
页数:26
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