Welfare and poverty are multidimensional in nature. However, empirical research on the impacts of trade liberalisation on multidimensional welfare is rare. This paper provides one of the first empirical analyses of the impact of trade liberalisation on multidimensional deprivation of rice farmers utilising data from the six waves of the Vietnam Household Living Standard Surveys. Our empirical model captures the direct effects of incomes from farm and non-farm activities and indirect effects of employment, rice price levels, rice production and domestic trade. Results unveil several important new findings which have policy implications. A higher level of export openness is correlated with higher levels of income from farming and non-farm activities. Higher income levels appear to reduce multidimensional deprivation but working in export-oriented industries increases it. Farmers selling rice to domestic private traders generate higher income than those selling to government-owned trading companies. Regional farming productivity, the scale of rice production, crop diversification, and education help increase income and reduce deprivation.

福利和贫困本质上是多维的。然而，关于贸易自由化对多维福利影响的实证研究很少见。本文利用越南家庭生活水平调查的六波数据，首次对贸易自由化对稻农多维剥夺的影响进行了实证分析。我们的实证模型捕捉了农业和非农业活动收入的直接影响以及就业、大米价格水平、大米生产和国内贸易的间接影响。结果揭示了一些具有政策含义的重要新发现。更高水平的出口开放与更高水平的农业和非农业活动收入相关。较高的收入水平似乎会减少多维剥夺，但在出口导向型行业工作会加剧这种剥夺。向国内私人贸易商出售大米的农民比向国有贸易公司出售大米的农民收入更高。区域农业生产力、水稻生产规模、作物多样化和教育有助于增加收入和减少贫困​​。