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The Gender Implications of Public Sector Downsizing : The Reform Program of Vietnam

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dc.contributor.authorRama, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-26T18:45:48Z
dc.date.available2014-08-26T18:45:48Z
dc.date.issued2001-03
dc.description.abstractMen and women may be affected differently by the transition from central planning to a market economy and especially by the privatization and restructuring of state-owned enterprises. After briefly reviewing the international evidence on this issue, the author looks at the recent experience of Vietnam and the prospects of its new reform program. During the massive downsizing in Vietnam in the early 1990s, many more women than men were laid off. Women withdrew from the labor force in larger numbers than men after separation, but the difference nearly vanished after a year. Economic reforms were associated with a considerable decline in the gender gap in earnings, both in the state sector and outside it. Women are less likely to be retrenched in large numbers in the downsizing in the early part of this decade. Labor redundancies are concentrated in male-dominated sectors, such as mining, transport, and construction; redundancies are smaller in female-dominated sectors, such as footwear, textiles, and garments. Moreover, temporary and short-term contracts are more prevalent in female-dominated sectors, suggesting demand for women's work. Assistance programs for redundant workers have potential gender biases. The authors shows that separation packages defined as a multiple of earnings favor men more, while lump-sum packages favor women more. Packages based on seniority are roughly gender neutral, but require a substantially higher expenditure to reach the same acceptance rate as the other two.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/1047508/gender-implications-public-sector-downsizing-reform-program-vietnam
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2573
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19699
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2573
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectBONUSES
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC REFORM
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEQUIPMENT
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectHOURS OF WORK
dc.subjectINFLATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLEISURE TIME
dc.subjectLIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subjectOCCUPATIONS
dc.subjectPRESENT VALUE
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRIVATIZATION
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectREDUNDANCY
dc.subjectRETIREMENT
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectTEXTILES
dc.subjectTRANSITION ECONOMIES
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectVOCATIONAL TRAINING
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWOMEN WORKERS
dc.subjectWORK IN PROGRESS
dc.titleThe Gender Implications of Public Sector Downsizing : The Reform Program of Vietnamen
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okr.crossref.titleThe Gender Implications of Public Sector Downsizing: The Reform Program of Vietnam
okr.date.disclosure2001-03-31
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:56:38.433950Z
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okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/1047508/gender-implications-public-sector-downsizing-reform-program-vietnam
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2573
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okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryViet Nam
okr.relation.associatedurlhttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16418
okr.themeSocial protection and risk management :: Improving labor markets
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicBanks and Banking Reform
okr.topicAgricultural Knowledge and Information Systems
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Standards
okr.topicWork and Working Conditions
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
okr.unitPublic Service Delivery, Development Research Group
okr.volume1
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