Recent Labor Market Performance in Vietnam through a Gender Lens

This paper provides an overview of the recent performance of the labor market in Vietnam during the Great Recession. The analysis uses data from the Labor Force Survey and the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey. The author finds that, notwithstanding the global crisis and domestic volatility,...

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Main Author:	Pierre, Gaëlle
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCESS TO SERVICES ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES ADULT MEN AGE CATEGORIES AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS BOTH SEXES COLLEGE EDUCATION CREATING JOBS CRISES CYCLE OF POVERTY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCRIMINATION EARNING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED MEN EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL LEVELS EDUCATIONAL STATUS ELDERLY EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT INCREASES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EMPLOYMENT SECURITY EMPLOYMENT SERVICE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EQUAL ACCESS ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES FAMILY WORK FEMALE WORKERS FIRST-TIME JOB SEEKERS FORMAL EDUCATION FUTURE GENERATIONS GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT GENDER GENDER ANALYSIS GENDER BIAS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME SUPPORT INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR EMPLOYMENT INTERNAL MIGRANTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOB SEARCH JOB SECURITY JOB TENURE LABOR CODE LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET INFORMATION LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LABOR MARKETS LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LOW UNEMPLOYMENT LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-WAGE EMPLOYMENT MALE COUNTERPARTS MALE WORKERS MANUAL OCCUPATIONS MANUFACTURING WAGE MARITAL STATUS MARKET ECONOMY MARRIED MALE MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MATERNITY BENEFITS MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MINORITY MOTIVATION NATIONAL LEVEL NET JOB LOSS NUTRITION OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OLDER WOMEN OLDER WORKERS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PASSIVE LABOR PASSIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS PENSIONS PERMANENT JOB POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROPORTION OF WOMEN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RATIO OF WOMEN REMITTANCES RESPECT RETAIL TRADE RETIREMENT RURAL AREAS SALARIED WORKERS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SERVICE SECTORS SEX SINGLE WOMEN SITUATION OF WOMEN SKILL LEVEL SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL SECURITY STABLE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STD SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT TERTIARY EDUCATION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION UNMET DEMAND UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS UNSKILLED WORKERS URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN WOMEN URBANIZATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GAP WAGE PREMIUM WAGE PREMIUMS WAGES WATER SUPPLY WOMEN WITH CHILDREN WORK HOURS WORK IN PROGRESS WORKER WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING HOURS WORKING POOR WORKING POPULATION WORKING WOMEN WORKLOAD YOUNG MEN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH LABOR YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
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topic	ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCESS TO SERVICES ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES ADULT MEN AGE CATEGORIES AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS BOTH SEXES COLLEGE EDUCATION CREATING JOBS CRISES CYCLE OF POVERTY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCRIMINATION EARNING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED MEN EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL LEVELS EDUCATIONAL STATUS ELDERLY EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT INCREASES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EMPLOYMENT SECURITY EMPLOYMENT SERVICE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EQUAL ACCESS ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES FAMILY WORK FEMALE WORKERS FIRST-TIME JOB SEEKERS FORMAL EDUCATION FUTURE GENERATIONS GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT GENDER GENDER ANALYSIS GENDER BIAS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME SUPPORT INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR EMPLOYMENT INTERNAL MIGRANTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOB SEARCH JOB SECURITY JOB TENURE LABOR CODE LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET INFORMATION LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LABOR MARKETS LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LOW UNEMPLOYMENT LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-WAGE EMPLOYMENT MALE COUNTERPARTS MALE WORKERS MANUAL OCCUPATIONS MANUFACTURING WAGE MARITAL STATUS MARKET ECONOMY MARRIED MALE MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MATERNITY BENEFITS MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MINORITY MOTIVATION NATIONAL LEVEL NET JOB LOSS NUTRITION OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OLDER WOMEN OLDER WORKERS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PASSIVE LABOR PASSIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS PENSIONS PERMANENT JOB POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROPORTION OF WOMEN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RATIO OF WOMEN REMITTANCES RESPECT RETAIL TRADE RETIREMENT RURAL AREAS SALARIED WORKERS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SERVICE SECTORS SEX SINGLE WOMEN SITUATION OF WOMEN SKILL LEVEL SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL SECURITY STABLE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STD SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT TERTIARY EDUCATION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION UNMET DEMAND UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS UNSKILLED WORKERS URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN WOMEN URBANIZATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GAP WAGE PREMIUM WAGE PREMIUMS WAGES WATER SUPPLY WOMEN WITH CHILDREN WORK HOURS WORK IN PROGRESS WORKER WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING HOURS WORKING POOR WORKING POPULATION WORKING WOMEN WORKLOAD YOUNG MEN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH LABOR YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCESS TO SERVICES ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES ADULT MEN AGE CATEGORIES AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS BOTH SEXES COLLEGE EDUCATION CREATING JOBS CRISES CYCLE OF POVERTY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCRIMINATION EARNING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED MEN EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL LEVELS EDUCATIONAL STATUS ELDERLY EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT INCREASES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EMPLOYMENT SECURITY EMPLOYMENT SERVICE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EQUAL ACCESS ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES FAMILY WORK FEMALE WORKERS FIRST-TIME JOB SEEKERS FORMAL EDUCATION FUTURE GENERATIONS GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT GENDER GENDER ANALYSIS GENDER BIAS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME SUPPORT INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR EMPLOYMENT INTERNAL MIGRANTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOB SEARCH JOB SECURITY JOB TENURE LABOR CODE LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET INFORMATION LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LABOR MARKETS LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LOW UNEMPLOYMENT LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-WAGE EMPLOYMENT MALE COUNTERPARTS MALE WORKERS MANUAL OCCUPATIONS MANUFACTURING WAGE MARITAL STATUS MARKET ECONOMY MARRIED MALE MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MATERNITY BENEFITS MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MINORITY MOTIVATION NATIONAL LEVEL NET JOB LOSS NUTRITION OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OLDER WOMEN OLDER WORKERS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PASSIVE LABOR PASSIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS PENSIONS PERMANENT JOB POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROPORTION OF WOMEN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RATIO OF WOMEN REMITTANCES RESPECT RETAIL TRADE RETIREMENT RURAL AREAS SALARIED WORKERS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SERVICE SECTORS SEX SINGLE WOMEN SITUATION OF WOMEN SKILL LEVEL SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL SECURITY STABLE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STD SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT TERTIARY EDUCATION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION UNMET DEMAND UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS UNSKILLED WORKERS URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN WOMEN URBANIZATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GAP WAGE PREMIUM WAGE PREMIUMS WAGES WATER SUPPLY WOMEN WITH CHILDREN WORK HOURS WORK IN PROGRESS WORKER WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING HOURS WORKING POOR WORKING POPULATION WORKING WOMEN WORKLOAD YOUNG MEN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH LABOR YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE Pierre, Gaëlle Recent Labor Market Performance in Vietnam through a Gender Lens
geographic_facet	East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6056
description	This paper provides an overview of the recent performance of the labor market in Vietnam during the Great Recession. The analysis uses data from the Labor Force Survey and the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey. The author finds that, notwithstanding the global crisis and domestic volatility, job creation has been sustained in Vietnam, especially in the formal sector, but that the overall quality of employment has suffered. Gender differentials are found to affect older women especially, while educated women benefit from a skills wage premium. Reassuringly given the large youth share of the total workforce, the youth labor market is dynamic and outcomes for youths have improved. Meanwhile, participation in poverty alleviation programs and labor market programs has not changed, and few workers use the newly created employment services and unemployment benefits.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Pierre, Gaëlle
author_facet	Pierre, Gaëlle
author_sort	Pierre, Gaëlle
title	Recent Labor Market Performance in Vietnam through a Gender Lens
title_short	Recent Labor Market Performance in Vietnam through a Gender Lens
title_full	Recent Labor Market Performance in Vietnam through a Gender Lens
title_fullStr	Recent Labor Market Performance in Vietnam through a Gender Lens
title_full_unstemmed	Recent Labor Market Performance in Vietnam through a Gender Lens
title_sort	recent labor market performance in vietnam through a gender lens
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16253517/recent-labor-market-performance-vietnam-through-gender-lens http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9361
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spelling	okr-10986-93612021-04-23T14:02:44Z Recent Labor Market Performance in Vietnam through a Gender Lens Pierre, Gaëlle ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCESS TO SERVICES ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES ADULT MEN AGE CATEGORIES AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS BOTH SEXES COLLEGE EDUCATION CREATING JOBS CRISES CYCLE OF POVERTY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCRIMINATION EARNING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED MEN EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL LEVELS EDUCATIONAL STATUS ELDERLY EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT INCREASES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EMPLOYMENT SECURITY EMPLOYMENT SERVICE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EQUAL ACCESS ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES FAMILY WORK FEMALE WORKERS FIRST-TIME JOB SEEKERS FORMAL EDUCATION FUTURE GENERATIONS GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT GENDER GENDER ANALYSIS GENDER BIAS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME SUPPORT INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR EMPLOYMENT INTERNAL MIGRANTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOB SEARCH JOB SECURITY JOB TENURE LABOR CODE LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET INFORMATION LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LABOR MARKETS LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LOW UNEMPLOYMENT LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-WAGE EMPLOYMENT MALE COUNTERPARTS MALE WORKERS MANUAL OCCUPATIONS MANUFACTURING WAGE MARITAL STATUS MARKET ECONOMY MARRIED MALE MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MATERNITY BENEFITS MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MINORITY MOTIVATION NATIONAL LEVEL NET JOB LOSS NUTRITION OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OLDER WOMEN OLDER WORKERS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PASSIVE LABOR PASSIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS PENSIONS PERMANENT JOB POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROPORTION OF WOMEN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RATIO OF WOMEN REMITTANCES RESPECT RETAIL TRADE RETIREMENT RURAL AREAS SALARIED WORKERS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SERVICE SECTORS SEX SINGLE WOMEN SITUATION OF WOMEN SKILL LEVEL SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL SECURITY STABLE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STD SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT TERTIARY EDUCATION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION UNMET DEMAND UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS UNSKILLED WORKERS URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN WOMEN URBANIZATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GAP WAGE PREMIUM WAGE PREMIUMS WAGES WATER SUPPLY WOMEN WITH CHILDREN WORK HOURS WORK IN PROGRESS WORKER WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING HOURS WORKING POOR WORKING POPULATION WORKING WOMEN WORKLOAD YOUNG MEN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH LABOR YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE This paper provides an overview of the recent performance of the labor market in Vietnam during the Great Recession. The analysis uses data from the Labor Force Survey and the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey. The author finds that, notwithstanding the global crisis and domestic volatility, job creation has been sustained in Vietnam, especially in the formal sector, but that the overall quality of employment has suffered. Gender differentials are found to affect older women especially, while educated women benefit from a skills wage premium. Reassuringly given the large youth share of the total workforce, the youth labor market is dynamic and outcomes for youths have improved. Meanwhile, participation in poverty alleviation programs and labor market programs has not changed, and few workers use the newly created employment services and unemployment benefits. 2012-06-29T22:24:10Z 2012-06-29T22:24:10Z 2012-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16253517/recent-labor-market-performance-vietnam-through-gender-lens http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9361 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6056 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Vietnam

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