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Economic and non-economic returns to Communist Party membership in Vietnam

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  • Thomas Markussen
  • Quang-Thanh Ngo

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Single-party political systems exist in a number of countries, such as China and Vietnam. In these countries, party membership is potentially an important source of economic and social status. This paper investigates these effects and the mechanisms behind them. In particular, we use household- and individual-level panel data to analyse the causes and consequences of Communist Party membership in rural areas of Vietnam. Fixed effects models are employed to control for unobserved differences between party members and others.

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  • Thomas Markussen & Quang-Thanh Ngo, 2018. "Economic and non-economic returns to Communist Party membership in Vietnam," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2018-46, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    Keywords

    Communist; Income; Credit; Subject well-being; Viet Nam;
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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
    • H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • P26 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Property Rights

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