Education and earnings in a transition economy: the case of Vietnam

Moock, Peter R.; Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Venkataraman, Meera

doi:10.1016/s0272-7757(03)00039-6

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“…However the returns to schooling are (still) higher in the public than in the private sector (Moock et al, 2003).…”

Section: The Economic Doi Moi: a Brief Historymentioning

confidence: 98%

“…A second fundamental change introduced by doi moi besides the private use of land and firms was to widen the range of salaries and to link them to the productivity rather than to the seniority of the worker (Hiebert, 1993;Moock et al, 2003;Liu, 2006). However the returns to schooling are (still) higher in the public than in the private sector (Moock et al, 2003).…”

Section: The Economic Doi Moi: a Brief Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Do the Vietnamese Support the EconomicDoi Moi?

Migheli

2012

The Journal of Development Studies

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Each reform implies social and economic changes. After experiencing war and reunification, today Vietnam is implementing a comprehensive and deep process of renovation (doi moi), but a revolution needs the support of the population to be successful. This article investigates whether the Vietnamese are supportive of some of the main features of a market economy. In particular the preferences for competition, ownership of firms (either private or public) and income inequality as an incentive to productivity are studied here. The data allow us to conclude that the doi moi is not at risk, but the population tend to contrast income inequality.

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“…However the returns to schooling are (still) higher in the public than in the private sector (Moock et al, 2003).…”

Section: The Economic Doi Moi: a Brief Historymentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: The Economic Doi Moi: a Brief Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

Do the Vietnamese Support the EconomicDoi Moi?

Migheli

2012

The Journal of Development Studies

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“…However, they normally chose to enter the job market or 1 While some papers find a significant positive school effect (Rizzuto and Wachtel 1980;Card and Krueger 1992a, b;Psacharopoulos and Velez 1993;and Bedi and Edwards 2002), others fail to show evidence of a school quality effect (Betts 1995;Heckman et al 1996;Grogger 1996a, b). 2 Evidence on returns to vocational education in developing countries is limited to the effect of upper secondary programs (grades 10-12) on earnings, and the findings are inconclusive (Bellew and Moock 1990;Moenjak and Worswick 2003;Moock et al 2003;Neuman and Ziderman 2003;Bishop and Mane 2004). attend a junior college for 2 more years of education instead, because the curricula were different between academic and vocational high schools.…”

Section: An Overview Of Taiwan's Education Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does attendance to a four-year academic college versus vocational college affect future wages?

Keng

2010

Asia Pacific Educ. Rev.

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Taiwan is one of the few countries in which bachelor degrees can be earned by attending either 4-year academic colleges or vocational colleges. This paper offers new evidence on whether returns to B.A. degrees are significantly different between academic and vocational 4-year colleges using the 1998-1999 Taiwanese College Graduate Survey. The multinomial logit model is applied to correct self-selection for employment status, and a wage equation is then estimated. The results suggest that the returns to 4-year academic colleges are 6% higher than those to 4-year vocational colleges. We also find a significant effect of college quality on wages. Moreover, public academic college graduates have the highest returns whereas those who attend private vocational colleges have the lowest returns.

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“…The first two surveys, which are commonly referred to as the VLSS 1992/1993and VLSS 1997/1998, were undertaken using samples of 4,800 and 6,000 households respectively (see World Bank, 2000, 2001 for more details). Although these surveys have been widely used to explore the impact of the Vietnamese reform process of Doi moi, they possess the drawback of having relatively small sample sizes.…”

Section: Wage Inequality In Vietnammentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the other surveys conducted, the ethnic minority wageworkers comprise relatively small sub-samples (i.e. 239 in the VLSS 1992/1993, 289 in the VLSS 1997/1998, and 349 in the VHLSS 2004. However, a sub-sample of 968 ethnic minority wage earners out of a total sample of 16,170 is available using the VHLSS 2002.…”

Section: Wage Inequality In Vietnammentioning

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Ethnic wage inequality in Vietnam

Pham

Reilly

2009

International Journal of Manpower

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Purpose -This paper seeks to complement earlier studies on ethnic minority underdevelopment in Vietnam by empirically examining the ethnic wage gap for the wage employed in the Vietnamese labour market, using data from a large-scale household survey conducted in 2002. Design/methodology/approach -The paper uses the "index number" decomposition method suggested by Oaxaca to decompose the ethnic wage gap into treatment and endowment effects at both the mean and selected quantiles of the conditional wage distribution. Findings -The results confirm the existence of an ethnic wage gap in the labour market, though the gap is found to be substantially narrower than the ethnic gap detected using household living standard measures for Vietnam. Decomposition results reveal that the ethnic wage gap is largely attributable to differentials in the returns to endowments, a finding invariant whether the mean or selected quantiles of the conditional wage distribution are examined. Research limitations/implications -In the absence of feasible alternatives, the paper uses an ad hoc procedure to correct for selectivity into wage employment for the quantile regression models. In addition, due to data constraints with regard to earnings, the paper does not examine the ethnic wage gap for the self-employed. Originality/value -The paper is the first to analyse the ethnic wage gap in the Vietnam labour market and one of the few to examine ethnic pay differentials at selected points of the conditional wage distribution using quantile regression analysis.

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Education and earnings in a transition economy: the case of Vietnam

Cited by 45 publications

References 8 publications

Do the Vietnamese Support the EconomicDoi Moi?

Do the Vietnamese Support the EconomicDoi Moi?

Does attendance to a four-year academic college versus vocational college affect future wages?

Ethnic wage inequality in Vietnam

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