Employment Structure and Returns to Skill in Vietnam : Estimates Using the Labor Force Survey
This paper uses Labor Force Survey data to assess key aspects of the labor market in Vietnam over 2007-14. The analysis finds large growth in wage employment in the foreign-owned and domestic private sectors. However, the state sector remains a maj...
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okr-10986-294582022-05-21T06:14:42Z Employment Structure and Returns to Skill in Vietnam : Estimates Using the Labor Force Survey Demombynes, Gabriel Testaverde, Mauro LABOR MARKET RETURNS TO EDUCATION LABOR SKILLS SKILLED LABOR LABOR FORCE SURVEY EMPLOYMENT STRUCTURE TERTIARY EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION UNEMPLOYMENT SKILLS MISMATCH JOB CREATION UNIVERSITY GRADUATES GENDER WAGE GAP This paper uses Labor Force Survey data to assess key aspects of the labor market in Vietnam over 2007-14. The analysis finds large growth in wage employment in the foreign-owned and domestic private sectors. However, the state sector remains a major employer, particularly for workers with higher education, employing 70 percent of wage workers with a university degree. Low-skilled occupations dominate the stock of existing jobs, but the top growing occupations overwhelmingly belong to high-skilled categories. The paper notes that the high unemployment rates of recent university graduates, which have raised concern about a mismatch between skills and employer needs, reflect the transition to the job market and diminish sharply as graduates age. The returns to education in the private sector are highest for university graduates. Finally, women and ethnic minorities are less likely to work in wage jobs, and those that do earn lower wages, although the wage gap for women has declined over time. 2018-03-15T15:19:22Z 2018-03-15T15:19:22Z 2018-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/965641520866682470/Employment-structure-and-returns-to-skill-in-Vietnam-estimates-using-the-labor-force-survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29458 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8364 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Vietnam |
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LABOR MARKET RETURNS TO EDUCATION LABOR SKILLS SKILLED LABOR LABOR FORCE SURVEY EMPLOYMENT STRUCTURE TERTIARY EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION UNEMPLOYMENT SKILLS MISMATCH JOB CREATION UNIVERSITY GRADUATES GENDER WAGE GAP |
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LABOR MARKET RETURNS TO EDUCATION LABOR SKILLS SKILLED LABOR LABOR FORCE SURVEY EMPLOYMENT STRUCTURE TERTIARY EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION UNEMPLOYMENT SKILLS MISMATCH JOB CREATION UNIVERSITY GRADUATES GENDER WAGE GAP Demombynes, Gabriel Testaverde, Mauro Employment Structure and Returns to Skill in Vietnam : Estimates Using the Labor Force Survey |
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This paper uses Labor Force Survey data
to assess key aspects of the labor market in Vietnam over
2007-14. The analysis finds large growth in wage employment
in the foreign-owned and domestic private sectors. However,
the state sector remains a major employer, particularly for
workers with higher education, employing 70 percent of wage
workers with a university degree. Low-skilled occupations
dominate the stock of existing jobs, but the top growing
occupations overwhelmingly belong to high-skilled
categories. The paper notes that the high unemployment rates
of recent university graduates, which have raised concern
about a mismatch between skills and employer needs, reflect
the transition to the job market and diminish sharply as
graduates age. The returns to education in the private
sector are highest for university graduates. Finally, women
and ethnic minorities are less likely to work in wage jobs,
and those that do earn lower wages, although the wage gap
for women has declined over time. |
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Demombynes, Gabriel Testaverde, Mauro |
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Demombynes, Gabriel Testaverde, Mauro |
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Demombynes, Gabriel |
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Employment Structure and Returns to Skill in Vietnam : Estimates Using the Labor Force Survey |
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Employment Structure and Returns to Skill in Vietnam : Estimates Using the Labor Force Survey |
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Employment Structure and Returns to Skill in Vietnam : Estimates Using the Labor Force Survey |
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Employment Structure and Returns to Skill in Vietnam : Estimates Using the Labor Force Survey |
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Employment Structure and Returns to Skill in Vietnam : Estimates Using the Labor Force Survey |
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employment structure and returns to skill in vietnam : estimates using the labor force survey |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2018 |
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