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Industrialization, economic and employment structure changes in Vietnam during economic transition

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  • Tran, Tuyen
  • Doan, Tinh

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This paper presents the effects of industrialization on economic and employment structure during the economic transition in Vietnam. Although Vietnam has made a significant progress in changing economic structure in which the share of agricultural contribution in GDP has dramatically decreased over the last two decades, the employment structure changed slowly. Consequently, majority of labour force is still in the agricultural sector. The economic reform has failed to shift redundant workers away from agricultural sector since most of the country’s investment has been allocated to capital-intensive industries. Therefore, policy adjustments are needed to absorb more redundant workers from agricultural sector and improve living standards for rural households.

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  • Tran, Tuyen & Doan, Tinh, 2010. "Industrialization, economic and employment structure changes in Vietnam during economic transition," MPRA Paper 26979, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 25 Nov 2010.
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    1. Nguyen Thi Tue Anh & Luu Minh Duc & Trinh Duc Chieu, 2014. "The Evolution of Vietnamese Industry," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2014-076, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    2. Chao Zhou & Hongling Zheng & Shenwei Wan, 2023. "Industrial Structure, Employment Structure and Economic Growth—Evidence from China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-21, February.
    3. Anh, Nguyen Thi Tue & Duc, Luu Minh & Chieu, Trinh Duc, 2014. "The evolution of Vietnamese industry," WIDER Working Paper Series 076, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

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    Keywords

    Capital-intensive industries; employment structure change; economic transition;
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    JEL classification:

    • P36 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training; Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • P00 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - General - - - General
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology

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