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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 559 - 579 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Environment and Development Economics |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 8 Sept 2023 |
Abstract
Natural resource extraction is an important livelihood strategy for poor rural households in developing and emerging countries. Despite the sharp decline in poverty in Vietnam, inequality still exists between the ethnic majority and minority. This paper aims to analyze the impact of natural resource extraction on ethnic inequality. We use panel data from Dak Lak in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition shows that ethnic differences in extraction are due to different group characteristics and different returns to these characteristics. Endogenous switching regressions find that extraction has heterogeneous effects on consumption across extracting and non-extracting households, and between majority and minority households. Treatment effects suggest that extraction sustains the consumption of extracting minority households because their consumption would decline if they stopped extracting. Our results indicate that it is important to improve the natural resource base and the ability of minorities to cope with shocks.
Keywords
- endogenous switching regression, ethnic inequality, natural resource extraction, Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, Vietnam
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Development
- Environmental Science(all)
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
- Economics and Econometrics
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In: Environment and Development Economics, Vol. 28, No. 6, 08.09.2023, p. 559 - 579.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Natural resource extraction and ethnic inequality in Dak Lak, Vietnam
AU - Bierkamp, Sina
AU - Nguyen, Trung Thanh
AU - Grote, Ulrike
N1 - Funding Information: We thank the farmers in Dak Lak for their support and cooperation. We acknowledge the financial support of the German Research Foundation (DFG) via the Thailand Vietnam Socio Economic Panel Project ( www.tvsep.de ) (Funding No. DFG – FOR 756/2). Furthermore, we thank the two anonymous reviewers for their valuable feedback.
PY - 2023/9/8
Y1 - 2023/9/8
N2 - Natural resource extraction is an important livelihood strategy for poor rural households in developing and emerging countries. Despite the sharp decline in poverty in Vietnam, inequality still exists between the ethnic majority and minority. This paper aims to analyze the impact of natural resource extraction on ethnic inequality. We use panel data from Dak Lak in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition shows that ethnic differences in extraction are due to different group characteristics and different returns to these characteristics. Endogenous switching regressions find that extraction has heterogeneous effects on consumption across extracting and non-extracting households, and between majority and minority households. Treatment effects suggest that extraction sustains the consumption of extracting minority households because their consumption would decline if they stopped extracting. Our results indicate that it is important to improve the natural resource base and the ability of minorities to cope with shocks.
AB - Natural resource extraction is an important livelihood strategy for poor rural households in developing and emerging countries. Despite the sharp decline in poverty in Vietnam, inequality still exists between the ethnic majority and minority. This paper aims to analyze the impact of natural resource extraction on ethnic inequality. We use panel data from Dak Lak in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition shows that ethnic differences in extraction are due to different group characteristics and different returns to these characteristics. Endogenous switching regressions find that extraction has heterogeneous effects on consumption across extracting and non-extracting households, and between majority and minority households. Treatment effects suggest that extraction sustains the consumption of extracting minority households because their consumption would decline if they stopped extracting. Our results indicate that it is important to improve the natural resource base and the ability of minorities to cope with shocks.
KW - endogenous switching regression
KW - ethnic inequality
KW - natural resource extraction
KW - Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition
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DO - 10.1017/S1355770X23000062
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JO - Environment and Development Economics
JF - Environment and Development Economics
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