tailieunhanh - Financial development and income inequality in Vietnam: An empirical analysis

Financial development and income inequality in Vietnam: An empirical analysis. The pattern of income distribution can be influenced by financial evelopment. Using provincial data, this paperemp irically investigates the relationship between financial develop ment and income inequality in Vietnam from 2002 to 2008. | Journal of Economics and Development Vol. 14, , August 2012, pp. 5 - 25 ISSN 1859 0020 Financial Development and Income Inequality in Vietnam: An Empirical Analysis Chu Minh Hoi National Economics University, Vietnam Email: Le Quoc Hoi National Economics University, Vietnam Email: hoilq@ Abstract The pattern of income distribution can be influenced by financial evelopment. Using provincial data, this paper empirically investigates the relationship between financial development and income inequality in Vietnam from 2002 to 2008. The results show that financial development has a positive impact on reducing income inequality, which is consistent with the bulk of theoretical and empirical research. The results also confirms that financial development when it interacts with education has joint-effects on reducing income inequality. We also find no evidence supporting the Greenwood-Jovanovic hypothesis of an inverted U-shaped relationship between the financial sector of development and inequality. Keywords: Financial development, income inequality, Vietnam Journal of Economics and Development 5 Vol. 14, , August 2012 1. Introduction income sources, or gender of household head; Takahashi (2007) directs interest on forces determining regional income inequality like return to human capital or land ownership. In the last two decades, Vietnam has implemented a variety of social and economic reforms with regards to promote economic growth and participate deeper into the world economy. Those reforms, involving the transiting from a one-level banking system to a two-level one in 1991, privatizing stateowned enterprises (SOEs), developing capital market by operating a stock market since 2000 as well as increasing the minimum wage level recently and educational reforms have influenced the living standards and the pattern of income distribution in Vietnam. In another issue of interest, the financial and banking sector in Vietnam also

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