Pierre, Gaëlle2012-06-292012-06-292012-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9361This paper provides an overview of the recent performance of the labor market in Vietnam during the Great Recession. The analysis uses data from the Labor Force Survey and the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey. The author finds that, notwithstanding the global crisis and domestic volatility, job creation has been sustained in Vietnam, especially in the formal sector, but that the overall quality of employment has suffered. Gender differentials are found to affect older women especially, while educated women benefit from a skills wage premium. Reassuringly given the large youth share of the total workforce, the youth labor market is dynamic and outcomes for youths have improved. Meanwhile, participation in poverty alleviation programs and labor market programs has not changed, and few workers use the newly created employment services and unemployment benefits.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EMPLOYMENTACCESS TO SERVICESACTIVE LABORACTIVE LABOR MARKETACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIESADULT MENAGE CATEGORIESAGE GROUPAGE GROUPSBOTH SEXESCOLLEGE EDUCATIONCREATING JOBSCRISESCYCLE OF POVERTYDEVELOPMENT POLICYDISCRIMINATIONEARNINGECONOMIC CONDITIONSECONOMIC CRISESECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONSECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATED MENEDUCATED WOMENEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL LEVELSEDUCATIONAL STATUSELDERLYEMPLOYABILITYEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT INCREASESEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMSEMPLOYMENT SECURITYEMPLOYMENT SERVICEEMPLOYMENT SERVICESEMPLOYMENT STATUSEQUAL ACCESSETHNIC GROUPETHNIC GROUPSFAMILY MEMBERSFAMILY RESPONSIBILITIESFAMILY WORKFEMALE WORKERSFIRST-TIME JOB SEEKERSFORMAL EDUCATIONFUTURE GENERATIONSGAINFUL EMPLOYMENTGENDERGENDER ANALYSISGENDER BIASGENDER DIFFERENCESGENDER DIFFERENTIALSGENDER DISPARITIESGENDER EQUALITYGENDER GAPGENDER GAPSHOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISESHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD POVERTYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINCOME SUPPORTINFORMAL ECONOMYINFORMAL EMPLOYMENTINFORMAL SECTORINFORMAL SECTOR EMPLOYMENTINTERNAL MIGRANTSINTERNAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL MIGRANTSINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONJOB CREATIONJOB DESTRUCTIONJOB SEARCHJOB SECURITYJOB TENURELABOR CODELABOR COSTSLABOR FORCELABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOR LAWSLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET INDICATORSLABOR MARKET INFORMATIONLABOR MARKET OUTCOMESLABOR MARKET PERFORMANCELABOR MARKET PROGRAMSLABOR MARKETSLABOR REGULATIONSLABOR SUPPLYLEVEL OF DEVELOPMENTLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLOW UNEMPLOYMENTLOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATELOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATESLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESLOW-WAGE EMPLOYMENTMALE COUNTERPARTSMALE WORKERSMANUAL OCCUPATIONSMANUFACTURING WAGEMARITAL STATUSMARKET ECONOMYMARRIED MALEMARRIED MENMARRIED WOMENMATERNITY BENEFITSMIGRANTMIGRANT WORKERSMIGRANTSMINORITYMOTIVATIONNATIONAL LEVELNET JOB LOSSNUTRITIONOCCUPATIONOCCUPATIONSOLDER WOMENOLDER WORKERSPARTICIPATION OF WOMENPASSIVE LABORPASSIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMSPENSIONSPERMANENT JOBPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIVATE SECTORPRODUCTIVITYPROGRESSPROPORTION OF WOMENPUBLIC EMPLOYMENTRATIO OF WOMENREMITTANCESRESPECTRETAIL TRADERETIREMENTRURAL AREASSALARIED WORKERSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOLINGSERVICE SECTORSSEXSINGLE WOMENSITUATION OF WOMENSKILL LEVELSKILLED LABORSKILLED WORKERSSKILLS DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL SECURITYSTABLE UNEMPLOYMENT RATESTDSUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENTTERTIARY EDUCATIONTOTAL EMPLOYMENTTRADITIONAL GENDER ROLESTRANSPORTATIONUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALSUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITSUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCEUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUNIVERSITY EDUCATIONUNMET DEMANDUNPAID FAMILY WORKERSUNSKILLED WORKERSURBAN AREASURBAN DWELLERSURBAN WOMENURBANIZATIONVOCATIONAL TRAININGVULNERABLE GROUPSWAGE DIFFERENTIALWAGE DIFFERENTIALSWAGE EMPLOYMENTWAGE GAPWAGE PREMIUMWAGE PREMIUMSWAGESWATER SUPPLYWOMEN WITH CHILDRENWORK HOURSWORK IN PROGRESSWORKERWORKERSWORKFORCEWORKINGWORKING CONDITIONSWORKING HOURSWORKING POORWORKING POPULATIONWORKING WOMENWORKLOADYOUNG MENYOUNG PEOPLEYOUNG WOMENYOUNG WORKERSYOUTH LABORYOUTH UNEMPLOYMENTYOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATEWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6056