The impact of head working characteristics and labour statuses on household poverty: Evidence in Vietnam

Abstract

The study follows a worker-based approach and distinguishes wage workers and self-employed workers. Our hypotheses stress the role of head worker characteristics in explaining the probability of a household being poor. Using data from the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey 2014 (VHLSS 2014), we estimate a probit regression model. The result shows that households with the head are informal wage earners, have the highest risk of living in poverty, while with the head are formal wage earners enjoy the least. The effects of self-employed households fall between those two extremes. The weaknesses of informal employment are reflected in four main aspects: low labour quality, low education level, low working time (hours/year), and lack of social insurance or labour protection. The findings can serve as evidence for formulating effective policies related to poverty reduction.

Exploring the relationship between willingness to participate in insurance and bank loan approval for coffee farmers in Dak Lak Province: A Bayesian Model Averaging approach

“…As a result, Dak Lak coffee has been exported to 64 countries and territories around the world. In 2018 and 2019, the Dak Lak Statistical Office collected information from 480 coffee growers in Dak Lak who are considered the most important contributors to total household income (Ngoc Duc and Tin, 2022).…”