Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2015.1087872

Nonfarm employment and household income among ethnic minorities in Vietnam

Tuyen Quang Tran orcid.org/0000-0002-0221-1480

Abstract

This study examines the determinants of nonfarm participation and the effect of nonfarm employment on household income among ethnic minorities in the Northwest Mountains, Vietnam. The logistic regression analysis shows that education and the availability of local enterprises or trade villages, notably among other factors, have a
significantly increasing impact on the likelihood of taking up wage employment, while the presence of paved roads gives households more chance to engage in nonfarm self-employment. Using a propensity score matching analysis, the study found that households that participated in wage or nonfarm self-employment have higher
levels of per capita income than those without nonfarm employment. The findings imply that nonfarm employment offers a pathway out of poverty for ethnic minorities.

Keywords

ethnic minorities; nonfarm participation; propensity score matching; North-West; Vietnam

Hrčak ID:

171555

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/171555

Publication date:

20.12.2015.

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