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Corporate social responsibility in a competitive business environment

Newman, Carol; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn; Trifkovic, Neda - 2016

Using a specially designed survey instrument in combination with a representative sample of Vietnamese enterprises, we explore firm-level efficiency effects of corporate social responsibility. We find a positive relationship between adoption of corporate social responsibility initiatives and...

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Growth and structural transformation in Viet Nam during the 2000s

Hoai, Dang Thi Thu; Tarp, Finn; Seventer, Dirk van; Ho … - 2016

We study structural transformation and change in the Vietnamese economy using two Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs), one for the year 2000 and a recently compiled SAM for the year 2012. This period is of particular interest as it features an important shift in terms of more economic integration...

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Microsimulation of impacts of tax and transfer in Viet Nam : feasibility study

Nguyen, Duong Anh; Minh Binh Tran; Anh Mai Le - 2016

This paper assesses the feasibility of simulating the distributional impacts produced by various tax and transfer instruments in Viet Nam. Viet Nam's system of tax and transfer policies underwent frequent changes, in terms of diversity and adjustment scope. The most important source of data is...

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The transmission of socially responsible behaviour through international trade

Newman, Carol; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn; Trifkovic, Neda - 2016

We investigate the relationship between the corporate social responsibility practices of local domestic firms and their engagement with foreign markets using four waves of panel data on a sample of more than 4,500 manufacturing firms from Viet Nam. We develop a measure of corporate social...

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Innovation efforts in developing countries : the case of Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises

Son Thi Kim Le - 2019

The identification of potential innovation efforts plays an important role in evaluating the innovation process. The innovation efforts of firms in developing countries might be different to those of Western enterprises. This paper evaluates innovation processes in developing countries,...

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Intergenerational mobility of education in Vietnam : evidence from the Vietnam War

Khoa Vu; Lo Bue, Maria C. - 2019

Vietnam's education system has recently attracted international attention for exceptional learning outcomes and success … explanation is the substantial increase in parental schooling after the Vietnam War ended in 1975, which might have led to better …'s educational attainment in Vietnam. We exploit variation in parental exposure to aerial bombing at an early age to identify the …

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Discrimination, social capital, and financial constraints : the case of Viet Nam

Pham, Tho; Talavera, Oleksandr - 2017

This paper examines the relationship between gender, social capital, and access to finance of micro, small, and medium enterprises in the manufacturing sector in Viet Nam. Our dataset is from the 2011, 2013, and 2015 waves of the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Survey in Viet Nam. Using the...

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Drivers of productivity in Vietnamese SMEs : the role of management standards and innovation

Calza, Elisa; Goedhuys, Micheline; Trifković, Neda - 2017

Using a rich panel dataset of SMEs active in the manufacturing sector in Viet Nam, this paper investigates the drivers of firm productivity, focusing on the role played by international management standards certification. We develop and test the hypothesis that, controlling for technological...

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Exploring regional and gender disparities in Beninese primary school attendance : a multilevel approach

McNabb, Kyle - 2017

This study combines household survey data from the Beninese Demographic and Health Survey with school supply statistics in order to investigate regional and gender disparities in primary school attendance rates in Benin. Despite almost unparalleled increases in enrolment since the 1990s, Benin...

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Social networks, geographic proximity, and firm performance in Viet Nam

Howard, Emma - 2017

This paper uses panel data to assess the relative importance of social networks and geographic proximity to micro, small, and medium enterprises in Viet Nam. The results suggest that a larger social network, and hiring employees mainly through social networks, are both correlated with higher...

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