Abstract
The analysis uses data from Vietnam’s 2008 Household Living Standards Survey (VHLSS) to explore how men and women in Vietnam differ in educational attainment, labor market status, health status, and land-use rights. The analysis also examines how indicators such as income, ethnicity, region, and household structure are related to gender differences, and how they enrich measures of inequality. Such an analysis matters because inequalities based on gender, ethnicity, and wealth groups undermine the ability to care for families. Furthermore, inequalities in areas like education and wages can have macro-level impacts through such channels as the productivity of workers and the full utilization of the country’s resources. These 2 concerns emphasize the importance of considering both micro and macro-level policies that are likely to promote broadly shared development.