Are Daughters Always the Losers in the Chore War? Evidence Using Household Data from Vietnam

Vu, Tien Manh

doi:10.1080/00220388.2013.875535

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“…our findings contribute to the literature on intra-housework division. Specifically, our findings complement previous studies on gender inequality in chores in Vietnam, namely, Vu (2014) and Vu (2019). While these reports suggest the persistence of gender inequality, our study shows that gender inequality might be reduced by economic forces that occur during structural changes.…”

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“…Still, using VHLSS 2008, Vu (2017 finds a persistent gender gap in housework division between husbands and wives regardless of their economic leverage. In contrast, despite the son preference common in Vietnam (Vu 2014b), Vu (2014a) shows that a gender gap in housework division between sons and daughters does not 1 The calculation of is based on a selection of individuals who did only one job in a year but excluded students, state-employees, self-employed, and working for other households.…”

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Temporary migrants and gender housework division among left‐behind household members

2023

Review Development Economics

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We examine whether Vietnamese migrant workers induce a shift in gender roles in housework division among the household members left behind. Using two waves of the Vietnamese Household Living Standard Survey (2006Survey ( -2008, we apply the first-difference method and estimate a simple household fixed effects model with instrumental variables for robustness checking. We find that temporary female migrants are associated with a higher probability of undertaking housework by male members left behind and there is a reduction in the gender gap in terms of time spent on chores. However, we find little evidence for a similar reduction in the gender gap when the household size is altered for other reasons.

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Temporary migrants and gender housework division among left‐behind household members

2023

Review Development Economics

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“…The Vietnamese terms for family line ( dong giống,noi giống ) reflect the primacy of men in Kinh kinship; ‘ giống’ —meaning seed or stock—implies that the family is continued through the man’s seed; thus, through biology and inferred rights to perform core rituals, a son ties family members back to their ancestors and forward to their descendents, placing his family in a larger community of people (United Nations Population Fund [UNFPA] in Viet Nam, 2011). The psychic value of this so-called innate capacity persists; in ethnographic research, some Kinh informants have preferred even a “bad” son to a daughter (UNFPA, 2011) because any economic value that she may contribute from her labor (Vu, 2014) does not compensate for her limited ritualistic value (Bélanger, 2000).…”

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Gendered social learning, nonfamily institutions, and attitudes about recourse after partner violence.

Yount¹,

Krause²

2017

Psychology of Violence

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Objective To provide the first study in Vietnam of how gendered social learning about violence and exposure to non-family institutions influence women’s attitudes about a wife’s recourse after physical IPV. Method A probability sample of 532 married women, ages 18–50 years, was surveyed in July–August, 2012 in Mỹ Hào district. We fit a multivariate linear regression model to estimate correlates of favoring recourse in six situations using a validated attitudinal scale. We split attitudes towards recourse into three subscales (disfavor silence, favor informal recourse, favor formal recourse) and fit one multivariate ordinal logistic regression model for each behavior to estimate correlates of favoring recourse. Results On average, women favored recourse in 2.8 situations. Women who were older and had witnessed physical IPV in childhood had less favorable attitudes about recourse. Women who were hit as children, had completed more schooling, worked outside agriculture, and had sought recourse after IPV had more favorable attitudes about recourse. Conclusions Normative change among women may require efforts to curb family violence, counsel those exposed to violence in childhood, and enhance women’s opportunities for higher schooling and non-agricultural wage work. The state and organizations working on IPV might overcome pockets of unfavorable public opinion by enforcing accountability for IPV rather than seeking to alter ideas about recourse among women.

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The impacts of Confucianism on gender inequality in Vietnam

Yamada

2023

J Econ Inequal

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We quantify the influences of Confucianism on gender inequality in present-day Vietnam. We use the number (or density) of the most successful test takers in the Vietnamese imperial examinations (1075–1919) in a given district as a proxy for mastering the subject of Confucianism. Using an instrumental variable approach based on the historical expansion of Vietnamese territory and distances to the test venues, we consider the effects on labor, health, and educational outcomes for females relative to males. We find that Confucianism has long-lasting negative impacts on gender inequality in all considered aspects. However, the results also suggest that when present-day females pursue more years of schooling, they tend to perform better than males.

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Are Daughters Always the Losers in the Chore War? Evidence Using Household Data from Vietnam

Cited by 5 publications

References 19 publications

Temporary migrants and gender housework division among left‐behind household members

Temporary migrants and gender housework division among left‐behind household members

Gendered social learning, nonfamily institutions, and attitudes about recourse after partner violence.

The impacts of Confucianism on gender inequality in Vietnam

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