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Pro-Poor Growth and Firm Size: Evidence from Vietnam

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  • Paul Shaffer
  • Trung Dang Le

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This article examines the relationship between pro-poor growth and the size distribution of manufacturing enterprises in Vietnam. Analysis focuses on the consequences for both efficiency and equity of the predominance of very large firms in the size distribution, i.e. the “rightward skew”. The evidence suggests that the rightward skew may have adverse consequences for efficiency, but less so for equity.

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  • Paul Shaffer & Trung Dang Le, 2013. "Pro-Poor Growth and Firm Size: Evidence from Vietnam," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(1), pages 1-28, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:oxdevs:v:41:y:2013:i:1:p:1-28
    DOI: 10.1080/13600818.2012.719866
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    1. Hakkala, Katariina & Kokko , Ari, 2007. "The State And The Private Sector In Vietnam," EIJS Working Paper Series 236, Stockholm School of Economics, The European Institute of Japanese Studies.
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