Services imports and labour in Viet Nam:

This paper draws on detailed firm-level and worker-level information to explore the link between services imports and employment dynamics in the case of Viet Nam. The econometric analysis consists of two parts. First, data covering formal firms are exploited to investigate the relationship between s...

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1. Verfasser: Jaax, Alexander (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Johannesson, Louise (MitwirkendeR), Nguyen, Thi Xuan Thu (MitwirkendeR)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Paris OECD Publishing 2020
Schriftenreihe:OECD Trade Policy Papers
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Zusammenfassung:This paper draws on detailed firm-level and worker-level information to explore the link between services imports and employment dynamics in the case of Viet Nam. The econometric analysis consists of two parts. First, data covering formal firms are exploited to investigate the relationship between sector-level services import intensity and firm-level employment and firm-level average wages. The second part is conducted at the level of workers and also covers informal workers. The results show that sector-level services import intensity positively affects firm-level average wages of Vietnamese formal services firms, whereas a small negative effect on firm-level employment is observed. For manufacturing firms, there is no conclusive evidence regarding the association between services import intensity and firm-level employment. The worker-level analysis identifies a positive wage effect of occupation-level exposure to services imports on domestic workers in foreign-owned businesses in all sectors. The results also suggest that higher skilled workers might be more likely to benefit from services imports. This paper provides support for an approach that combines an emphasis on lowering firms' costs of sourcing foreign services inputs with efforts to strengthen SMEs' capabilities and improve workers' skills
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DOI:10.1787/78401207-en

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