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Did a successful fight against the COVID-19 pandemic come at a cost? : impacts of the outbreak on employment outcomes in Vietnam
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2020
rich individual-level data from the quarterly Labor Force Surveys. We find that the lockdown increases the unemployment …
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The long-term effect of FIFA World Cup on gender gap in education and employment : evidence from Vietnam
Cuong Viet Nguyen; Tran, Anh Ngoc - 2021
The FIFA Soccer World Cups often happen within one month just before the national entrance exam to universities and colleges in Vietnam. Watching soccermatches can distract male students from their studiesand reduce their probability to pass the exam. We find that Vietnamese men who had the...
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Short-term labour market effects of COVID-19 and the associated national lockdown in Australia : evidence from Longitudinal Labour Force Survey
Guven, Cahit; Sotirakopoulos, Panagiotis; Ulker, Aydogan - 2020
(LFP) by 2.1%, increased unemployment by 1.1% and reduced weekly working hours by 1.1. The national lockdown decreased LFP … by 3.3%, increased unemployment by 1.7%, and decreased weekly working hours by 2.5. The probability of working on Fridays … unsuitable for remote work were hit the hardest in terms of unemployment. …
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The long-lasting effect of feudal human capital : insights from Vietnam
Hoang Trung Xuan; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2024
This study investigates the long-term effect of the density of the elite - the highest educated - during the period 1075-1919 on today's educational attainment and economic performance in Vietnam. Using nearly 20,000 elites, including 17,061 junior bachelors and bachelors, and 2,895 doctors who...
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Does the COVID-19 pandemic cause people to be unhappy? : evidence from a six-country survey
Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2021
Does the COVID-19 pandemic cause people unhappy? In this study, we use a recent survey from China, Japan, South Korea, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States to explore this question. We find a relatively large effect: a one per-mille point increase in the incidence of the COVID-19...
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