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Migration in Vietnam: New Evidence from Recent Surveys

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dc.contributor.authorCoxhead, Ian
dc.contributor.authorCuong, Nguyen Viet
dc.contributor.authorVu, Linh Hoang
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-07T22:59:07Z
dc.date.available2016-01-07T22:59:07Z
dc.date.issued2015-11
dc.description.abstractThe authors investigate determinants of individual migration decisions in Vietnam, a country with increasingly high levels of geographical labor mobility. Using data from the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey (VHLSS) of 2012, the authors find that probability of migration is strongly associated with individual, household and community-level characteristics. The probability of migration is higher for young people and those with post-secondary education. Migrants are more likely to be from households with better-educated household heads, female-headed households, and households with higher youth dependency ratios. Members of ethnic minority groups are much less likely to migrate, other things equal. Using multinomial logit methods, we distinguish migration by broad destination, and find that those moving to Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi have broadly similar characteristics and drivers of migration to those moving to other destinations. The authors also use VHLSS 2012 together with VHLSS 2010, which allows us to focus on a narrow cohort of recent migrants, those present in the household in 2010, but who have moved away by 2012. This yields much tighter results. For education below upper secondary school, the evidence on positive selection by education is much stronger. However, the ethnic minority ‘penalty’ on spatial labor mobility remains strong and significant, even after controlling for specific characteristics of households and communes. This lack of mobility is a leading candidate to explain the distinctive persistence of poverty among Vietnam’s ethnic minority populations, even as national poverty has sharply diminished.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25721417/migration-vietnam-new-evidence-recent-surveys
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/23597
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/23597
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Hanoi
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVietnam development economics discussion paper,no. 2;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.subjectKINSHIP
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectBIG CITIES
dc.subjectLOCAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subjectDEPENDENT CHILDREN
dc.subjectURBAN POVERTY
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectCOMMUNES
dc.subjectREMITTANCE
dc.subjectRESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subjectETHNIC GROUPS
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectSPECIFIC INCENTIVES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectHEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectRURAL–URBAN MIGRATION
dc.subjectCITIES
dc.subjectMINISTRY OF LABOUR
dc.subjectPOPULATION FUND
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectVULNERABILITY
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectURBAN MIGRATION
dc.subjectPUSH” FACTORS
dc.subjectTRAINING
dc.subjectJOB OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectPOTENTIAL MIGRANTS
dc.subjectMOBILITY
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectAGE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectECONOMIC CHANGES
dc.subjectNATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectMIGRATION PATTERNS
dc.subjectDISASTERS
dc.subjectMARRIAGE
dc.subjectECONOMIC CHANGE
dc.subjectHISTORY
dc.subjectDEPENDENCY RATIOS
dc.subjectPLACE OF RESIDENCE
dc.subjectUNITED NATION POPULATION FUND
dc.subjectMIGRANTS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD ASSETS
dc.subjectELDERLY
dc.subjectETHNICITY
dc.subjectRESPECT
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectMARKET ECONOMY
dc.subjectMIGRATION FLOWS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectMIGRANT
dc.subjectVOCATIONAL TRAINING
dc.subjectOLDER PEOPLE
dc.subjectRURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectMIGRATION RATES
dc.subjectSOCIAL FACTORS
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectPOLICIES
dc.subjectSOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectRESETTLEMENT
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPENSIONS
dc.subjectSKILL LEVEL
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKERS
dc.subjectLARGE CITIES
dc.subjectURBAN CENTERS
dc.subjectSOCIAL POLICY
dc.subjectUNIVERSAL ACCESS
dc.subjectBASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectIMPACT OF MIGRATION
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectRESETTLEMENT COSTS
dc.subjectCROP LAND
dc.subjectSOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subjectPOPULATION RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOPULATIONS
dc.subjectMOTHER
dc.subjectINTERNAL MIGRANTS
dc.subjectTEMPORARY MIGRATION
dc.subjectGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectPOLICY
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
dc.subjectSOCIAL AFFAIRS
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT POLICIES
dc.subjectRURAL RESIDENTS
dc.subjectMINORITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectLEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectPOPULATION MOVEMENTS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectCENSUSES
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectFARMS
dc.subjectPULL FACTORS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW
dc.subjectPUSH FACTORS
dc.subjectINTERNAL MIGRATION
dc.subjectPOLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectYOUNG PEOPLE
dc.subjectCAUSES OF MIGRATION
dc.subjectPOPULATION
dc.subjectMARITAL STATUS
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectUNFPA
dc.subjectNORMS
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectWOMEN
dc.subjectREMITTANCES
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectLABOR MIGRATION
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.titleMigration in Vietnamen
dc.title.subtitleNew Evidence from Recent Surveysen
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dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.date.disclosure2015-12-28
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-05T12:05:05.666986Z
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okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryViet Nam
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Human Migrations & Resettlements
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Development::Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Child Labor
okr.unitGMF- East Asia (GMF02)
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