Panel dataset for the paper "This dataset was collected by Vietnam's 135 Program, which aims to reduce poverty among ethnic minority groups. The data is used in the study titled "Education as a Key Moderator in Poverty Reduction Policies: Empirical Insights from Vulnerable Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam." It includes survey data from 400 specially disadvantaged communes, covering a total of 5,423 households, with 2,936 beneficiary households and 2,487 non-beneficiary households. The dataset spans two survey rounds: the first conducted in 2006 (at the beginning of Phase II) using random sampling, and the second in 2011 (at the end of Phase II), with follow-up on the same households surveyed initially. The dataset contains information on household income, education levels, demographic characteristics, and participation in the 135 Program."

"This dataset was collected by Vietnam's 135 Program, which aims to reduce poverty among ethnic minority groups. It is used in the study titled 'Education as a Key Moderator in Poverty Reduction Policies: Empirical Insights from Vulnerable Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam.'"