Publication:
The Impact of Migration on Food Consumption Patterns : The Case of Vietnam

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorNguyen, Minh Cong
dc.contributor.authorWinters, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:29:51Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:29:51Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the relationship between migration and consumption patterns using panel data from the 2004 and 2006 Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys. Employing an instrumental variable approach to control for the endogeneity of migration, our results indicate that short-term migration has a positive effect on overall per capita food expenditures, per capita calorie consumption and food diversity. Long-term migration also appears to be positively related to consumption, but impacts are often insignificant and of a lesser magnitude than short-term migration. The results provide no evidence of negative effects of migration, and support the view that short-term migration is a mechanism by which households maintain food security. The results suggest that to improve food security the Vietnamese government should enact policies that facilitate short-term migration flows as well as the transferring of remittances.en
dc.identifier.citationFood Policy
dc.identifier.issn03069192
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4809
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectConsumer Economics: Empirical Analysis D120
dc.subjectHealth Production I120
dc.subjectHealth: Government Policy
dc.subjectRegulation
dc.subjectPublic Health I180
dc.subjectDemographic Trends and Forecasts
dc.subjectGeneral Migration J110
dc.subjectMicroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120
dc.subjectEconomic Development: Human Resources
dc.subjectHuman Development
dc.subjectIncome Distribution
dc.subjectMigration O150
dc.subjectSocialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectEducation and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360
dc.titleThe Impact of Migration on Food Consumption Patterns : The Case of Vietnamen
dc.title.alternativeFood Policyen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.doctypeJournal Article
okr.externalcontentExternal Content
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum1333
okr.journal.nbpages71-87
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryViet Nam
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.11.001
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eoh&AN=1238178&site=ehost-live
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30419/description#description
okr.volume36
Files
Collections
Journal articles published externally