Poverty, inequality and ethnic minorities in Vietnam

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-282

  Imai, Katsushi S ^a   Gaih, Raghav ^b   Kang, Woojin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Ethnic minority; Inequality; Poverty; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ETHNIC MINORITY; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LIVING STANDARD; POVERTY DETERMINANT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

VIET NAM;

EID: 79957441895     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: 14653486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692171.2010.483471     Document Type: Article

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