Following extensive economic and market reforms and more than a decade of negotiations, Vietnam became the latest … world economy will boost Vietnam’s economic growth and contribute to the country’s ongoing transition towards a market … populations, women and children. This paper examines the possible impacts of Vietnam’s trade liberalisation on children in poor …

Using data from Vietnam Household and Living Standard Surveys in 2006 and 2008, the paper estimates the effect of the … receipt of international remittances and internal remittances on education, labor and healthcare utilization of children in … Vietnam. It shows that there are no statistically significant effects of receipt of remittances on school enrolment of …

This paper examines the effects of poverty and schooling returns on child labour in Vietnam using household-level data … from the Vietnam Living Standards Survey (VLSS) for 1997-98. I find that poverty is a robust determinant of child labour in … Vietnam. Being above the poverty line reduces child work by as much as 146 hours a year. There is little additional effect of …

This paper examines gender equality in three important aspects including education, health care and employment in … Vietnam. Data used in this paper are from the most recent Vietnam Household Living Standard Surveys in 2004, 2006 and 2008. It … is found that there are no differences in primary and lower-secondary education enrolment between girls and boys for the …