Princelings and Paupers? State Employment and the Distribution of Human Capital Investments Among Households in Viet Nam

Inequality in access to education is known to be a key driver of income inequality in developing countries. Viet Nam, a transitional economy, exhibits significant segmentation in the market for skilled labor based on more remunerative employment in government and state firms. We ask whether this seg...

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Autores principales:	Ian Coxhead, Diep Phan
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Publicado:	World Scientific Publishing 2013
Materias:	human capital state-owned education connections inequality Viet Nam Social sciences and state - Asia (Asian studies only) H53
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d9ef3385249e4a38916ca6e418b30af82021-12-02T12:06:53ZPrincelings and Paupers? State Employment and the Distribution of Human Capital Investments Among Households in Viet Nam0116-11051996-724110.1162/ADEV_a_00014https://doaj.org/article/d9ef3385249e4a38916ca6e418b30af82013-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/ADEV_a_00014https://doaj.org/toc/0116-1105https://doaj.org/toc/1996-7241Inequality in access to education is known to be a key driver of income inequality in developing countries. Viet Nam, a transitional economy, exhibits significant segmentation in the market for skilled labor based on more remunerative employment in government and state firms. We ask whether this segmentation is also reflected in human capital investments at the household level. We find that households whose heads hold state jobs keep their children in school longer, spend more on education, and are more likely to enroll their children in tertiary institutions relative to households whose heads hold nonstate jobs. The estimates are robust to a wide range of household and individual controls. Over time, disparities in educational investments based on differential access to jobs that reward skills and/or credentials help widen existing income and earnings gaps between well-connected “princelings” and the rest of the labor market. Capital market policies that create segmentation in the market for skills also crowd out investment in private sector firms, further reducing incentives for human capital deepening.Ian CoxheadDiep PhanWorld Scientific Publishingarticlehuman capitalstate-ownededucationconnectionsinequalityViet NamSocial sciences and state - Asia (Asian studies only)H53ENAsian Development Review, Vol 30, Iss 2, Pp 26-48 (2013)
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description	Inequality in access to education is known to be a key driver of income inequality in developing countries. Viet Nam, a transitional economy, exhibits significant segmentation in the market for skilled labor based on more remunerative employment in government and state firms. We ask whether this segmentation is also reflected in human capital investments at the household level. We find that households whose heads hold state jobs keep their children in school longer, spend more on education, and are more likely to enroll their children in tertiary institutions relative to households whose heads hold nonstate jobs. The estimates are robust to a wide range of household and individual controls. Over time, disparities in educational investments based on differential access to jobs that reward skills and/or credentials help widen existing income and earnings gaps between well-connected “princelings” and the rest of the labor market. Capital market policies that create segmentation in the market for skills also crowd out investment in private sector firms, further reducing incentives for human capital deepening.
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title	Princelings and Paupers? State Employment and the Distribution of Human Capital Investments Among Households in Viet Nam
title_short	Princelings and Paupers? State Employment and the Distribution of Human Capital Investments Among Households in Viet Nam
title_full	Princelings and Paupers? State Employment and the Distribution of Human Capital Investments Among Households in Viet Nam
title_fullStr	Princelings and Paupers? State Employment and the Distribution of Human Capital Investments Among Households in Viet Nam
title_full_unstemmed	Princelings and Paupers? State Employment and the Distribution of Human Capital Investments Among Households in Viet Nam
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Princelings and Paupers? State Employment and the Distribution of Human Capital Investments Among Households in Viet Nam

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