Socioeconomic Status and Natural Resource Dependence
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The main objective of this paper is to investigate the socioeconomic status of households in a rural area does matter for NTFPs dependency. To accomplish the ultimate aim, the present paper employs the latest nationwide household survey, Lao Expenditure and Consumption Survey (LECS-4). The paper firstly constructs a model with per capita income from NTFPs as the dependent variable and right-hand side variables include a wide range of variables representing the characteristics of household, family head, and villages. The empirical results reveal that household income per capita from both estimation methods is a statistically significant determinant of per capita income from NTFPs. The finding indicates that low-income households are likely to involve in the consumption of NTFPs.
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