The Effect of Internal Migrants on the Economic Lives of the Leftbehind Elderly in Vietnam
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Author: Tran Thi Truc and Dao Van Hung
Author Address: Academy of Policy and Development, Hanoi city, Vietnam and Nam An Khanh New Urban Area, An Thuong Hoai Duc, Hanoi, Vietnam
Keywords: Households, migration, remittances, VHLSS2012
JEL Codes: O15, J61
Abstract
By analysing the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey in 2012 (VHLSS2012), which contained the data on remittances sent by the migrants to the households, the study discovered that internal migrants had a positive impact on poverty reduction and living conditions of the elderly left behind. Besides, the study also proved that the internal remittances made the income per capita distribution enlarge the inequality between the elderly household group receiving domestic remittances and the other groups. Although there were recently three consecutive surveys of 2014, 2016, and 2018, but these consisted of only the information on the migrant definition and had no precise details on remittance.
Description
Indian Journal of Economics and Development
Volume 16 No. 3, 2020, 327-335
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35716/IJED/20079
Indexed in Clarivate Analytics (ESCI) of WoS
Scopus
: Title Accepted
NAAS Score: 4.82