Using data from five waves of the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey, we find evidence of significant urban …-rural expenditure inequality. Urban-rural inequality in Vietnam increased dramatically from 1993 to 1998, and peaked in 2002 before …

the determinants of the workers' choice of jobs and income in two village-based industrial clusters in Northern Vietnam …

Vietnam joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2007 and became its 150th member. This accession is something of … before in 1986 with the launch of Doi Moi (Renovation). Indeed, the launch of Doi Moi marked Vietnam's transition to a … "socialist-oriented market economy" and the start of a process of trade liberalization and export-led growth. Vietnam …

This paper examines the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the process of industrial transition in Vietnam in …

Over a five-year period in the 1990s Vietnam experienced annual economic growth of more than 8% and a decrease of 15 … covariates. This is done using data from the 1993 and 1998 Vietnam Living Standards Surveys and a flexible decomposition …

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have been important for Vietnam’s rapid economic development. However, the … question posed in this paper is “How are Vietnam’s SMEs affected by the internationalization process?” This will give an …

combines a household survey from three provinces in Vietnam and Thailand with a migrant tracing survey that was conducted in Ho …