Female rural–urban migrants and online marketplaces in emerging economies

Evidence from Thailand and Vietnam

verfasst von

Trung Thanh Nguyen, Manh Hung Do

Abstract

This research aimed to examine the factors affecting the participation of female rural–urban migrants in online marketplaces, and the welfare gains and their distribution. Our analysis was based on a unique dataset of rural households, villages, and rural–urban migrants in Thailand and Vietnam. Online market participation is classified into three activities: financial transactions, trading, and business. We accounted for the endogeneity issue of online market participation in the assessment of welfare impact by using an instrumental variable approach. Our results show that participation has a positive effect on the consumption of female migrants only when they participate in the complete bundle of online market activities. In addition, we find that the poor benefit insignificantly from online marketplaces. This raises a concern about increasing welfare inequality and suggests the poor should be supported so they are not left behind.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Umweltökonomik und Welthandel

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies

Band

9

Seiten

317-342

Anzahl der Seiten

26

ISSN

2050-2680

Publikationsdatum

13.12.2022

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Soziologie und Politikwissenschaften, Public administration, Volkswirtschaftslehre, Ökonometrie und Finanzen (sonstige), Politikwissenschaften und internationale Beziehungen, Strategie und Management

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 10 – Weniger Ungleichheiten

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.359 (Zugang: Offen)