TVSEP: A comprehensive long-term panel dataset on shocks, welfare and agriculture in rural Thailand and Vietnam.

The Thailand Vietnam Socio-Economic Panel (TVSEP) is a panel dataset which assists in analyzing long-term behaviors and welfare developments of households and individuals in rural regions that are vulnerable to diverse shocks such as droughts, floods, price fluctuations or health shocks. TVSEP covers 2200 rural households from 220 villages in Thailand and Vietnam, and to date, ten waves have been collected from 2007 to 2024. The paper explains the panel dataset and highlights some trends and scientific contributions in agricultural and development economics. Apart from different types of shocks and coping behavior of households, the data also includes information on the household members, on well-being and aspirations, personal satisfaction and character traits, income generated from land, crops, livestock and natural resources, on wage and non-farm self-employment, financial aspects, household expenditures and consumption, but also assets and housing conditions, access to information and communication technology (ICT). The migrant tracking survey allows to link remittances sent by household members to their rural households. In sum, TVSEP data not only provide an important empirical basis for analyzing long-term future trends and patterns, but also enable deeper insight into socioeconomic processes and behaviors, thereby providing policymakers with more informed guidance.