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Decomposing the Labor Market Earnings Inequality: The Public and Private Sectors in Vietnam, 1993-2006

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dc.contributor.authorImbert, Clément
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-10T18:48:52Z
dc.date.available2013-04-10T18:48:52Z
dc.date.issued2013-01
dc.description.abstractIn contrast with the typical transition to a market economy, earnings inequality in Vietnam between 1993 and 2006 appears to have decreased, and the earnings gap in favor of public employees appears to have widened. The paper uses a comparative advantage model to disentangle the effect of sorting workers across sectors from the effect of the differences in returns to workers' skills. The selection of the best workers into the public sector is clearly an important component of the explanation for the public-private sector earnings gap, but the widening of this gap over time is primarily due to changes in the compensation patterns. The paper finds that, in the 1990s, public employees were underpaid compared with their earning potential in the private sector whereas, in the early 2000s, public employees earned similar returns to their comparative advantage in the public and private sectors. The increasing homogeneity in returns to skills in the Vietnamese labor market appears to explain both the increase in the public-private pay gap and the decrease in overall inequality.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17205551/decomposing-labor-market-earnings-inequality-public-private-sectors-vietnam-1993-2006
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6344
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/13130
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6344
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectATTRITION
dc.subjectCAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subjectCONSTANT RETURNS
dc.subjectDATA MODEL
dc.subjectDESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDOMESTIC FIRMS
dc.subjectEARNING
dc.subjectEARNING INEQUALITY
dc.subjectEARNINGS INEQUALITY
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC MODELS
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC REVIEW
dc.subjectELECTRICITY
dc.subjectEMPLOYEE
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT HISTORIES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT HISTORY
dc.subjectFINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectINCREASING FUNCTION
dc.subjectINEQUALITY-INCREASING EFFECT
dc.subjectLABOR ECONOMICS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET REFORMS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectMASSIVE LAYOFFS
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT ERROR
dc.subjectOCCUPATION
dc.subjectOCCUPATIONS
dc.subjectOLDER WORKERS
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOOR COUNTRY
dc.subjectPREVIOUS SECTION
dc.subjectPRIVATE COMPANIES
dc.subjectPRIVATE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectPRIVATE ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectPRIVATE FIRMS
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR EARNINGS
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR JOBS
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR WORKER
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTORS
dc.subjectPUBLIC
dc.subjectPUBLIC EMPLOYEES
dc.subjectPUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectPUBLIC ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR PAY
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR WAGE
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR WORKER
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR WORKFORCE
dc.subjectPUBLIC WAGE
dc.subjectPUBLIC WORKERS
dc.subjectQUANTILE REGRESSIONS
dc.subjectRELATIVE IMPORTANCE
dc.subjectRURAL WORKERS
dc.subjectSERIAL CORRELATION
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT EFFECT
dc.subjectSOCIAL CAPITAL
dc.subjectSTATE EMPLOYEES
dc.subjectTOTAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectTOTAL LABOR FORCE
dc.subjectUNSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectVOCATIONAL TRAINING
dc.subjectWAGE DIFFERENTIAL
dc.subjectWAGE DIFFERENTIALS
dc.subjectWAGE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectWAGE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectWAGE GAP
dc.subjectWAGE INEQUALITY
dc.subjectWAGE PREMIUM
dc.subjectWORKER
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.subjectYOUNGER WORKERS
dc.titleDecomposing the Labor Market Earnings Inequality: The Public and Private Sectors in Vietnam, 1993-2006en
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaJobs
okr.crossref.titleDecomposing the Labor Market Earnings Inequality: The Public and Private Sectors in Vietnam, 1993-2006
okr.date.disclosure2013-01-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T12:11:28.336023Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17205551/decomposing-labor-market-earnings-inequality-public-private-sectors-vietnam-1993-2006
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.guid870311468131376991
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6344
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20130130132119
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum17205551
okr.identifier.reportWPS6344
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2013/01/30/000158349_20130130132119/Rendered/PDF/wps6344.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryViet Nam
okr.relation.associatedurlhttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/19086
okr.topicPublic Sector Economics
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicPublic Sector Management and Reform
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Government Procurement
okr.topicPublic Sector Development
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume1 of 1
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