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Digital Connectivity and Household Income: Evidence from Women-Headed Households in Viet Nam

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  • Pinghan Liang

    (Sun Yat-sen University)

  • Shu Tian

    (Asian Development Bank)

  • Yichuan Zhang

    (Sun Yat-sen University)

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This paper examines the effect of digital connectivity on income of women-headed households in Viet Nam. Using the Viet Nam Digital Economy Access Index and the Viet Nam Household Living Standards Survey, empirical evidence shows that increased digital connectivity significantly improves the income of women headed households. Disadvantaged groups, such as those with limited educational attainment and lower income levels, and living in rural areas, benefit more from having digital connectivity. We explore the mechanisms behind this relationship and find that digital connectivity is related to increased participation in the labor market, particularly in the services sector. This paper offers new insights into the inclusive effects of digital connectivity and provides policy recommendations for advancing digital infrastructure development.

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  • Pinghan Liang & Shu Tian & Yichuan Zhang, 2026. "Digital Connectivity and Household Income: Evidence from Women-Headed Households in Viet Nam," ADB Economics Working Paper Series 846, Asian Development Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:adbewp:022585
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    JEL classification:

    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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