This paper studies the labor market in Vietnam during the transition towards market economy (1993-2006): we show that the public-private sector wage gap markedly increased, but that wage inequality decreased overall. Our aim is to assess how much of this evolution can be explained by workers' productive skills and their allocation between sectors. We use a simple, yet innovative, method that allows us to take into account workers' unobservable characteristics and their remuneration in each sector. Throughout the period we consider, public sector workers are more skilled than private sector workers. However, rising returns to workers' skills in the public sector play a major role in the increase of the public-private sector gap. Against all ...
Economic growth generally has been associated with declining poverty and increasing living standards...
This essay examines wages and the gender wage gap between 1993 and 2008 in Vietnam. Our results reve...
"This paper presents a regional case study of the labour market and its surrounding of Vinh City in ...
This paper studies the labor market in Vietnam during the transition towards market economy (1993-20...
International audienceIn contrast with the typical transition to a market economy, earnings inequali...
We examine the transition of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Vietnam from a wageperspective by dec...
The Vietnam ―renovation‖ reforms were implemented during the 1990s, but their full effect was only f...
Has the expansion of wage employment in Vietnam exacerbated social inequalities, despite its contrib...
This paper investigates associations between trade liberalization and labor allocations as well as i...
One feature common to many post-socialist transition economies is a relatively compressed wage struc...
This study examines public administration-private wage differentials and SOEs-private wage different...
Since its transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy, Vietnam has been under pr...
The impact of sectoral location on the gender earnings gap is important in the context of Vietnam’s ...
This study examines public administration-private wage differentials and SOEs-private wage different...
This paper uses the Vietnam Living Standards Surveys 1992–93 and 1997–98 to examine changes in the g...
Economic growth generally has been associated with declining poverty and increasing living standards...
This essay examines wages and the gender wage gap between 1993 and 2008 in Vietnam. Our results reve...
"This paper presents a regional case study of the labour market and its surrounding of Vinh City in ...
This paper studies the labor market in Vietnam during the transition towards market economy (1993-20...
International audienceIn contrast with the typical transition to a market economy, earnings inequali...
We examine the transition of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Vietnam from a wageperspective by dec...
The Vietnam ―renovation‖ reforms were implemented during the 1990s, but their full effect was only f...
Has the expansion of wage employment in Vietnam exacerbated social inequalities, despite its contrib...
This paper investigates associations between trade liberalization and labor allocations as well as i...
One feature common to many post-socialist transition economies is a relatively compressed wage struc...
This study examines public administration-private wage differentials and SOEs-private wage different...
Since its transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy, Vietnam has been under pr...
The impact of sectoral location on the gender earnings gap is important in the context of Vietnam’s ...
This study examines public administration-private wage differentials and SOEs-private wage different...
This paper uses the Vietnam Living Standards Surveys 1992–93 and 1997–98 to examine changes in the g...
Economic growth generally has been associated with declining poverty and increasing living standards...
This essay examines wages and the gender wage gap between 1993 and 2008 in Vietnam. Our results reve...
"This paper presents a regional case study of the labour market and its surrounding of Vinh City in ...