The Impact of Migration on Food Consumption Patterns : The Case of Vietnam

This paper explores the relationship between migration and consumption patterns using panel data from the 2004 and 2006 Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys. Employing an instrumental variable approach to control for the endogeneity of migration, our results indicate that short-term migration...

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Main Authors:	Nguyen, Minh Cong, Winters, Paul
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis D120 Health Production I120 Health: Government Policy Regulation Public Health I180 Demographic Trends and Forecasts General Migration J110 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics Health Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4809

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spelling	okr-10986-48092021-04-23T14:02:19Z The Impact of Migration on Food Consumption Patterns : The Case of Vietnam Nguyen, Minh Cong Winters, Paul Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis D120 Health Production I120 Health: Government Policy Regulation Public Health I180 Demographic Trends and Forecasts General Migration J110 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics Health Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360 This paper explores the relationship between migration and consumption patterns using panel data from the 2004 and 2006 Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys. Employing an instrumental variable approach to control for the endogeneity of migration, our results indicate that short-term migration has a positive effect on overall per capita food expenditures, per capita calorie consumption and food diversity. Long-term migration also appears to be positively related to consumption, but impacts are often insignificant and of a lesser magnitude than short-term migration. The results provide no evidence of negative effects of migration, and support the view that short-term migration is a mechanism by which households maintain food security. The results suggest that to improve food security the Vietnamese government should enact policies that facilitate short-term migration flows as well as the transferring of remittances. 2012-03-30T07:29:51Z 2012-03-30T07:29:51Z 2011 Journal Article Food Policy 03069192 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4809 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Vietnam
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topic	Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis D120 Health Production I120 Health: Government Policy Regulation Public Health I180 Demographic Trends and Forecasts General Migration J110 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics Health Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360
spellingShingle	Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis D120 Health Production I120 Health: Government Policy Regulation Public Health I180 Demographic Trends and Forecasts General Migration J110 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics Health Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360 Nguyen, Minh Cong Winters, Paul The Impact of Migration on Food Consumption Patterns : The Case of Vietnam
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description	This paper explores the relationship between migration and consumption patterns using panel data from the 2004 and 2006 Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys. Employing an instrumental variable approach to control for the endogeneity of migration, our results indicate that short-term migration has a positive effect on overall per capita food expenditures, per capita calorie consumption and food diversity. Long-term migration also appears to be positively related to consumption, but impacts are often insignificant and of a lesser magnitude than short-term migration. The results provide no evidence of negative effects of migration, and support the view that short-term migration is a mechanism by which households maintain food security. The results suggest that to improve food security the Vietnamese government should enact policies that facilitate short-term migration flows as well as the transferring of remittances.
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author	Nguyen, Minh Cong Winters, Paul
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title	The Impact of Migration on Food Consumption Patterns : The Case of Vietnam
title_short	The Impact of Migration on Food Consumption Patterns : The Case of Vietnam
title_full	The Impact of Migration on Food Consumption Patterns : The Case of Vietnam
title_fullStr	The Impact of Migration on Food Consumption Patterns : The Case of Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed	The Impact of Migration on Food Consumption Patterns : The Case of Vietnam
title_sort	impact of migration on food consumption patterns : the case of vietnam
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The Impact of Migration on Food Consumption Patterns : The Case of Vietnam

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