?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F777%2F&rft.title=Child+poverty+in+Vietnam%3A+using+adult+equivalence+scales+to+estimate+income-poverty+for+different+age+groups&rft.creator=White%2C+Howard&rft.creator=Masset%2C+Edoardo&rft.subject=O15+-+Human+Resources+%3B+Human+Development+%3B+Income+Distribution+%3B+Migration&rft.subject=O10+-+General&rft.subject=O1+-+Economic+Development&rft.description=Measurements+of+child+poverty+are+commonly+carried+out+using+household+expenditure+data+in%0Aper+capita+terms+or+adjusted+by+some+standard+parameter+of+economies+of+size.+In+this+paper%2C+we+use+adult+equivalence+scales+and+economies+of+scale+coefficients+estimated+from+the+data+to+assess+child+poverty+in+Vietnam.+By+doing+so%2C+we+show+child+poverty+in+Vietnam+to+be+overestimated+by+conventional+techniques.+The+commonly+used+technique+for+the+estimation+of+adult+equivalence+scales+contains+an+implicit+household+income+distribution.+Therefore%2C+we+used+these+techniques+to+estimate+child+poverty+and+patterns+of+resource+allocation+for+different+household+groups.+Better-off+families+(which+are%0Alargely+urban%2C+more+educated%2C+female-headed+and+from+the+Khin+ethnic+majority)+spend+a+lower+share+of+their+income+on+children+than+other+household+groups%2C+though+their+children+are+still+better+off+in+absolute+terms.+A+comparison+of+the+data+between+1992-93+and+1997-98+also+reveals+that+children+from+better-off+family+groups+have+experienced+a+more+rapid+increase+in+welfare+levels+than+children+from+other+sectors+of+Vietnamese+society+during+this+period.+The+presence+of+gender+discrimination+in+child+treatment+is+also+investigated.+Rural+and+male+headed+households+are+those+that+more+prominently+appear+as+discriminating+against+female+children.+We+found+no+clear+relationship+between+gender+discrimination+and+expenditure+or+between+gender+discrimination+and+level+of+education.&rft.date=2002&rft.type=MPRA+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F777%2F1%2FMPRA_paper_777.pdf&rft.identifier=++White%2C+Howard+and+Masset%2C+Edoardo++(2002)%3A+Child+poverty+in+Vietnam%3A+using+adult+equivalence+scales+to+estimate+income-poverty+for+different+age+groups.++Published+in%3A+Young+Lives+Working+Paper++No.+Working+Paper+6++(2002)++&rft.language=en