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Diversifying Factors of Income Inequality in the Rural Mekong Delta: Evidence of Commune‐Level Heterogeneity
Author(s) -
Kojin Emi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the developing economies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.305
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1746-1049
pISSN - 0012-1533
DOI - 10.1111/deve.12259
Subject(s) - mekong delta , livelihood , inequality , diversification (marketing strategy) , economic inequality , economics , demographic economics , development economics , socioeconomics , geography , economic geography , agriculture , business , mathematical analysis , environmental science , mathematics , archaeology , marketing , water resource management
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.