This paper empirically examines the disparities over time across six dimensions of poverty (monetary, education, health, housing, basic services, and durable assets) between ethnic minority and majority households in rural Vietnam. Using the five-wave panel data of the Vietnam Access to Resources Household Survey (VARHS) 2008–2016, we observe improvements in most non-monetary dimensions of poverty for both ethnic groups, while the monetary dimension shows the highest degrees of deprivation and the lowest rate of decrease during the studied period. Health is the only dimension in which ethnic minority households are not only better off than those of majority households during the studied period, but also report improvement. We further explore the role of social capital in ethnic minorities and non-minorities at household and community levels in multiple dimensions of poverty by employing multilevel models. Our study reports the significant effects social capital have at the community level on reducing poverty in the monetary, education, housing, and basic services dimensions for ethnic minorities, while social capital at the household level shows significant effects on monetary, basic services, and durable assets. These findings indicate that policy makers ought to consider the role of social capital when designing poverty alleviation strategies for the country.

本文实证研究了越南农村少数民族和多数家庭在贫困的六个维度（货币、教育、健康、住房、基本服务和耐用资产）上随时间的差异。使用 2008-2016 年越南获取资源家庭调查 (VARHS) 的五波面板数据，我们观察到两个民族的大多数非货币贫困维度都有所改善，而货币维度显示了最高程度的剥夺和研究期间的最低下降率。健康是研究期间少数族裔家庭不仅比多数族裔家庭更好，而且报告有所改善的唯一维度。我们通过采用多层次模型进一步探讨了社会资本在家庭和社区层面的少数民族和非少数民族在贫困的多个维度中的作用。我们的研究报告了社区层面的社会资本对减少少数民族在货币、教育、住房和基本服务方面的贫困的显着影响，而家庭层面的社会资本则显示出对货币、基本服务和耐用性的显着影响。资产。这些发现表明，政策制定者在设计国家扶贫战略时应该考虑社会资本的作用。和少数民族的基本服务维度，而家庭层面的社会资本对货币、基本服务和耐用资产有显着影响。这些发现表明，政策制定者在设计国家扶贫战略时应该考虑社会资本的作用。和少数民族的基本服务维度，而家庭层面的社会资本对货币、基本服务和耐用资产有显着影响。这些发现表明，政策制定者在设计国家扶贫战略时应该考虑社会资本的作用。