The Gender Implications of Public Sector Downsizing : The Reform Program of Vietnam
Men and women may be affected differently by the transition from central planning to a market economy and especially by the privatization and restructuring of state-owned enterprises. After briefly reviewing the international evidence on this issue...
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okr-10986-196992021-04-23T14:03:44Z The Gender Implications of Public Sector Downsizing : The Reform Program of Vietnam Rama, Martin BONUSES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REFORM EMPLOYMENT EQUIPMENT GENDER HOURS OF WORK INFLATION LABOR MARKET LEISURE TIME LIFE EXPECTANCY OCCUPATIONS PRESENT VALUE PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC SECTOR REDUNDANCY RETIREMENT SOCIAL PROTECTION TEXTILES TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT UNEMPLOYMENT VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGES WOMEN WORKERS WORK IN PROGRESS Men and women may be affected differently by the transition from central planning to a market economy and especially by the privatization and restructuring of state-owned enterprises. After briefly reviewing the international evidence on this issue, the author looks at the recent experience of Vietnam and the prospects of its new reform program. During the massive downsizing in Vietnam in the early 1990s, many more women than men were laid off. Women withdrew from the labor force in larger numbers than men after separation, but the difference nearly vanished after a year. Economic reforms were associated with a considerable decline in the gender gap in earnings, both in the state sector and outside it. Women are less likely to be retrenched in large numbers in the downsizing in the early part of this decade. Labor redundancies are concentrated in male-dominated sectors, such as mining, transport, and construction; redundancies are smaller in female-dominated sectors, such as footwear, textiles, and garments. Moreover, temporary and short-term contracts are more prevalent in female-dominated sectors, suggesting demand for women's work. Assistance programs for redundant workers have potential gender biases. The authors shows that separation packages defined as a multiple of earnings favor men more, while lump-sum packages favor women more. Packages based on seniority are roughly gender neutral, but require a substantially higher expenditure to reach the same acceptance rate as the other two. 2014-08-26T18:45:48Z 2014-08-26T18:45:48Z 2001-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/1047508/gender-implications-public-sector-downsizing-reform-program-vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19699 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2573 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Vietnam |
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BONUSES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REFORM EMPLOYMENT EQUIPMENT GENDER HOURS OF WORK INFLATION LABOR MARKET LEISURE TIME LIFE EXPECTANCY OCCUPATIONS PRESENT VALUE PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC SECTOR REDUNDANCY RETIREMENT SOCIAL PROTECTION TEXTILES TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT UNEMPLOYMENT VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGES WOMEN WORKERS WORK IN PROGRESS |
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BONUSES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REFORM EMPLOYMENT EQUIPMENT GENDER HOURS OF WORK INFLATION LABOR MARKET LEISURE TIME LIFE EXPECTANCY OCCUPATIONS PRESENT VALUE PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC SECTOR REDUNDANCY RETIREMENT SOCIAL PROTECTION TEXTILES TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT UNEMPLOYMENT VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGES WOMEN WORKERS WORK IN PROGRESS Rama, Martin The Gender Implications of Public Sector Downsizing : The Reform Program of Vietnam |
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Men and women may be affected
differently by the transition from central planning to a
market economy and especially by the privatization and
restructuring of state-owned enterprises. After briefly
reviewing the international evidence on this issue, the
author looks at the recent experience of Vietnam and the
prospects of its new reform program. During the massive
downsizing in Vietnam in the early 1990s, many more women
than men were laid off. Women withdrew from the labor force
in larger numbers than men after separation, but the
difference nearly vanished after a year. Economic reforms
were associated with a considerable decline in the gender
gap in earnings, both in the state sector and outside it.
Women are less likely to be retrenched in large numbers in
the downsizing in the early part of this decade. Labor
redundancies are concentrated in male-dominated sectors,
such as mining, transport, and construction; redundancies
are smaller in female-dominated sectors, such as footwear,
textiles, and garments. Moreover, temporary and short-term
contracts are more prevalent in female-dominated sectors,
suggesting demand for women's work. Assistance programs
for redundant workers have potential gender biases. The
authors shows that separation packages defined as a multiple
of earnings favor men more, while lump-sum packages favor
women more. Packages based on seniority are roughly gender
neutral, but require a substantially higher expenditure to
reach the same acceptance rate as the other two. |
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Rama, Martin |
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Rama, Martin |
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Rama, Martin |
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The Gender Implications of Public Sector Downsizing : The Reform Program of Vietnam |
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The Gender Implications of Public Sector Downsizing : The Reform Program of Vietnam |
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The Gender Implications of Public Sector Downsizing : The Reform Program of Vietnam |
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The Gender Implications of Public Sector Downsizing : The Reform Program of Vietnam |
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The Gender Implications of Public Sector Downsizing : The Reform Program of Vietnam |
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gender implications of public sector downsizing : the reform program of vietnam |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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