From fields to factories: Special economic zones, foreign direct investment, and labour markets in Vietnam
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
Download full text from publisher
Other versions of this item:
- Tafese, Tevin & Lay, Jann & Tran, Van, 2025. "From fields to factories: Special economic zones, foreign direct investment, and labour markets in Vietnam," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 174(C).
References listed on IDEAS
- Ulyssea, Gabriel & Ponczek, Vladimir, 2018.
"Enforcement of Labor Regulation and the Labor Market Effects of Trade: Evidence from Brazil,"
IZA Discussion Papers
11783, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Vladimir Ponczek & Gabriel Ulyssea, 2021. "Enforcement of labor regulation and the labor market effects of trade: evidence from Brazil," IFS Working Papers W21/08, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
- Ulyssea, Gabriel & Ponczek, Vladimir, 2021. "Enforcement of Labor Regulation and the Labor Market Effects of Trade: Evidence from Brazil," CEPR Discussion Papers 15960, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Hainmueller, Jens, 2012. "Entropy Balancing for Causal Effects: A Multivariate Reweighting Method to Produce Balanced Samples in Observational Studies," Political Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 20(1), pages 25-46, January.
- Baccini, Leonardo & Impullitti, Giammario & Malesky, Edmund J., 2019.
"Globalization and state capitalism: Assessing Vietnam's accession to the WTO,"
Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 75-92.
- Leonardo Baccini & Giammario Impullitti & Edmund J. Malesky, 2017. "Globalization and State Capitalism: Assessing Vietnam’s Accession to the WTO," Discussion Papers 2017-10, University of Nottingham, GEP.
- Leonardo Baccini & Giammario Impullitti & Edmund J. Malesky, 2019. "Globalization and state capitalism: assessing Vietnam's accession to the WTO," CEP Discussion Papers dp1593, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Leonardo Baccini & Giammario Impullitti & Edmund J. Malesky, 2017. "Globalization and State Capitalism: Assessing Vietnam's Accession to the WTO," CESifo Working Paper Series 6618, CESifo.
- Baccini, Leonardo & Impullitti, Giammario & Malesky, Edmund J., 2019. "Globalization and state capitalism: assessing Vietnam's accession to the WTO," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 102602, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Katarzyna A. Bilicka & André Seidel, 2022.
"Measuring Firm Activity from Outer Space,"
NBER Working Papers
29945, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Bilicka, Katarzyna & Seidel, Andre, 2022. "Measuring Firm Activity from Outer Space," CEPR Discussion Papers 17220, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Katarzyna Anna Bilicka & André Seidel, 2022. "Measuring Firm Activity from Outer Space," CESifo Working Paper Series 9701, CESifo.
- Laura Alfaro & Davin Chor, 2023. "Global Supply Chains: The Looming “Great Reallocation”," NBER Working Papers 31661, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Görg, Holger & Mulyukova, Alina, 2022.
"Place-based policies and agglomeration economies: Firm-level evidence from special economic zones in India,"
Kiel Working Papers
2209, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
- Görg, Holger & Mulyukova, Alina, 2022. "Place-Based Policies and Agglomeration Economies: Firm-Level Evidence from Special Economic Zones in India," IZA Discussion Papers 15123, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Fukase, Emiko, 2013. "Foreign job opportunities and internal migration in Vietnam," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6420, The World Bank.
- Dix-Carneiro, Rafael & Kovak, Brian K., 2019.
"Margins of labor market adjustment to trade,"
Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 117(C), pages 125-142.
- Rafael Dix-Carneiro & Brian K. Kovak, 2017. "Margins of Labor Market Adjustment to Trade," NBER Chapters, in: Trade and Labor Markets, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Rafael Dix-Carneiro & Brian K. Kovak, 2017. "Margins of Labor Market Adjustment to Trade," NBER Working Papers 23595, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Bernard Hoekman & Marco Sanfilippo & Margherita Tambussi, 2023.
"Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Transformation in Africa,"
RSCAS Working Papers
2023/02, European University Institute.
- Hoekman, Bernard & Sanfilippo, Marco & Tambussi, Margherita, 2023. "Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Transformation in Africa," CEPR Discussion Papers 17838, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Karin Mayr-Dorn & Gaia Narciso & Duc Anh Dang & Hien Phan, 2023.
"Trade diversion and labor market adjustment: Vietnam and the U.S.-China trade war,"
Economics working papers
2023-04, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.
- Karin Mayr-Dorn & Gaia Narciso & Duc Anh Dang & Hien Phan, 2023. "Trade diversion and labor market adjustment: Vietnam and the U.S.-China trade war," Trinity Economics Papers tep0923, Trinity College Dublin, Department of Economics.
- Abebe, Girum & McMillan, Margaret & Serafinelli, Michel, 2022.
"Foreign direct investment and knowledge diffusion in poor locations,"
Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).
- Girum Abebe & Margaret McMillan & Michel Serafinelli, "undated". "Foreign Direct Investment and Knowledge Diffusion in Poor Locations," Working Paper series 20-14, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis.
- Girum Abebe & Margaret S. McMillan & Michel Serafinelli, 2018. "Foreign Direct Investment and Knowledge Diffusion in Poor Locations," NBER Working Papers 24461, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Abebe, Girum & McMillan, Margaret & Serafinelli, Michel, 2020. "Foreign Direct Investment and Knowledge Diffusion in Poor Locations," IZA Discussion Papers 13422, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Girum Abebe & Margaret McMillan & Michel Serafinelli, 2019. "Foreign Direct Investment and Knowledge Diffusion in Poor Locations," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 1913, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
- RodrÃguez-Pose, Andrés & Frick, Susanne & Wong, Michael D., 2018.
"Towards economically dynamic Special Economic Zones in emerging countries,"
CEPR Discussion Papers
12840, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Frick, Susanne A. & Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés & Wong, Michael D., 2019. "Towards economically dynamic Special Economic Zones in emerging countries," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 87585, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Susanne A. Frick & Andrés Rodríguez-Pose & Michael Wong, 2018. "Towards economically dynamic Special Economic Zones in emerging countries," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 1816, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Apr 2018.
- Crescenzi, Riccardo & Limodio, Nicola, 2021. "The impact of Chinese FDI in Africa: evidence from Ethiopia," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 108455, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Cl'ement de Chaisemartin & Xavier D'Haultf{oe}uille, 2020.
"Difference-in-Differences Estimators of Intertemporal Treatment Effects,"
Papers
2007.04267, arXiv.org, revised Dec 2024.
- Clément de Chaisemartin & Xavier d'Haultfoeuille, 2024. "Difference-in-Differences Estimators of Intertemporal Treatment Effects," Working Papers hal-03873903, HAL.
- Clément de Chaisemartin & Xavier d'Haultfoeuille, 2024. "Difference-in-Differences Estimators of Intertemporal Treatment Effects," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-03873903, HAL.
- Clément de Chaisemartin & Xavier D'Haultfoeuille, 2022. "Difference-in-Differences Estimators of Intertemporal Treatment Effects," NBER Working Papers 29873, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Goodman-Bacon, Andrew, 2021. "Difference-in-differences with variation in treatment timing," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 225(2), pages 254-277.
- Tübbicke Stefan, 2022.
"Entropy Balancing for Continuous Treatments,"
Journal of Econometric Methods, De Gruyter, vol. 11(1), pages 71-89, January.
- Stefan Tubbicke, 2020. "Entropy Balancing for Continuous Treatments," Papers 2001.06281, arXiv.org, revised May 2020.
- Stefan Tübbicke, 2020. "Entropy Balancing for Continuous Treatments," CEPA Discussion Papers 21, Center for Economic Policy Analysis.
- Thomas Farole, 2011. "Special Economic Zones in Africa : Comparing Performance and Learning from Global Experience," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 2268, April.
- Erten, Bilge & Leight, Jessica & Tregenna, Fiona, 2019. "Trade liberalization and local labor market adjustment in South Africa," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 118(C), pages 448-467.
- Amy Y. C. Liu & Xin Meng (ed.), 2019. "Rural-Urban Migration in Vietnam," Population Economics, Springer, number 978-3-319-94574-3, April.
- Brian McCaig & Nina Pavcnik, 2018.
"Export Markets and Labor Allocation in a Low-Income Country,"
American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 108(7), pages 1899-1941, July.
- Brian McCaig & Nina Pavcnik, 2014. "Export Markets and Labor Allocation in a Low-income Country," NBER Working Papers 20455, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Alkon, Meir, 2018. "Do special economic zones induce developmental spillovers? Evidence from India’s states," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 107(C), pages 396-409.
- Gallé, Johannes & Overbeck, Daniel & Riedel, Nadine & Seidel, Tobias, 2024. "Place-based policies, structural change and female labor: Evidence from India’s Special Economic Zones," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 240(C).
- Margaret S. McMillan & Brian McCaig, 2019. "Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Adjustment in Botswana," NBER Working Papers 26326, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Wang, Jin, 2013. "The economic impact of Special Economic Zones: Evidence from Chinese municipalities," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 101(C), pages 133-147.
- Yeseul Hyun & Shree Ravi, 2018. "Place-based Development: Evidence from Special Economic Zones in India," Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series dp-306, Boston University - Department of Economics.
- Nguyen, Anh & Lim, Sunghun, 2023. "Structural Transformation in the Era of Trade Protectionism," 2023: The Future of (Ag-) Trade and Trade Governance in Times of Economic Sanctions and Declining Multilateralism, December 10-12, Clearwater Beach, FL 339477, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium.
- Matthew Cefalu & Brian G. Vegetabile & Michael Dworsky & Christine Eibner & Federico Girosi, 2020. "Reducing bias in difference-in-differences models using entropy balancing," Papers 2011.04826, arXiv.org.
- Yi Lu & Jin Wang & Lianming Zhu, 2019. "Place-Based Policies, Creation, and Agglomeration Economies: Evidence from China's Economic Zone Program," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 11(3), pages 325-360, August.
- Roth, Jonathan & Sant’Anna, Pedro H.C. & Bilinski, Alyssa & Poe, John, 2023.
"What’s trending in difference-in-differences? A synthesis of the recent econometrics literature,"
Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 235(2), pages 2218-2244.
- Jonathan Roth & Pedro H. C. Sant'Anna & Alyssa Bilinski & John Poe, 2022. "What's Trending in Difference-in-Differences? A Synthesis of the Recent Econometrics Literature," Papers 2201.01194, arXiv.org, revised Jan 2023.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Abagna, Matthew Amalitinga, 2023. "Special Economic Zones and Local Economic Activities in Ethiopia," MPRA Paper 117427, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Aradhna Aggarwal & Ari Kokko, 2021. "SEZs and poverty reduction: evidence from Andhra Pradesh, India," International Journal of Emerging Markets, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 17(8), pages 1793-1814, January.
- Abagna, Matthew Amalitinga & Hornok, Cecília & Mulyukova, Alina, 2025. "Place-based Policies and Household Wealth in Africa," Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy 318396, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
- Cui, Yi, 2024. "Place-based policies and capital misallocation: Evidence from Chinese cities," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 48(4).
- Susanne A. Frick & Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, 2022.
"Special Economic Zones and Sourcing Linkages with the Local Economy: Reality or Pipedream?,"
The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 34(2), pages 655-676, April.
- Frick, Susanne & Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, 2022. "Special economic zones and sourcing linkages with the local economy: reality or pipedream?," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 108212, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Gallé, Johannes & Overbeck, Daniel & Riedel, Nadine & Seidel, Tobias, 2024. "Place-based policies, structural change and female labor: Evidence from India’s Special Economic Zones," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 240(C).
- Görg, Holger & Mulyukova, Alina, 2024.
"Place-based policies and firm performance: Evidence from Special Economic Zones in India,"
European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 165(C).
- Görg, Holger & Mulyukova, Alina, 2024. "Place-based policies and firm performance: Evidence from Special Economic Zones in India," Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy 302102, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
- Ackah, Charles & Osei, Robert Darko & Owusu, Nana Y. A. & Acheampong, Vera, 2023. "Special Economic Zones and household welfare: New evidence from Ghana," KCG Working Papers 25, Kiel Centre for Globalization (KCG).
- Zhaoying Lu, 2021. "Quantifying the effects of Special Economic Zones using spatial econometric models," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 21-01, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics.
- Jonathan Fu & Annette Krauss, 2024. "Preparing fertile ground: how does the quality of business environments affect MSE growth?," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 63(1), pages 51-103, June.
- Charris, Carlos & Branco, Danyelle & Carrillo, Bladimir, 2024. "Economic shocks and infant health: Evidence from a trade reform in Brazil," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 166(C).
- Abagna, Matthew Amalitinga & Hornok, Cecília & Mulyukova, Alina, 2024. "Place-based policies and household wealth in Africa," Kiel Working Papers 2263, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
- Vrolijk, Kasper, 2023. "How does globalisation affect social cohesion?," IDOS Discussion Papers 5/2023, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).
- Lanzhuang Xu & Hu Xue & Qianrong Wu, 2022. "The Impact of Development Zones on Economic Growth in Less Developed Regions: Evidence from Guangxi, China," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-20, September.
- Zhang, Bingbing & Yu, Lan & Sun, Chuanwang, 2023. "How do the National Eco-Industrial Demonstration Parks affect urban total factor energy efficiency? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 126(C).
- Saira Naeem & Abdul Waheed & Muhammad Naeem Khan, 2020. "Drivers and Barriers for Successful Special Economic Zones (SEZs): Case of SEZs under China Pakistan Economic Corridor," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-18, June.
- Zhaoying Lu, 2022. "Human Capital Spillovers from Special Economic Zones: Evidence from Yangtze Delta in China," Economies, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-15, April.
- Aigerim Sarsenbayeva & Dinara Alpysbayeva, 2025. "Unequal access to healthcare and inadequate financing have highlighted the need for healthcare reform to increase efficiency while nsuring equity in healthcare financing worldwide. Our study evaluates," MUNI ECON Working Papers 2025-03, Masaryk University.
- Anthony Howell & Chong Liu & Rudai Yang, 2020. "Explaining the urban premium in Chinese cities and the role of place-based policies," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 52(7), pages 1332-1356, October.
- Wenjie Zhang & Xianqiang Zou & Chuliang Luo & Lulu Yuan, 2024. "Hukou reform and labor market outcomes of urban natives in China," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 37(2), pages 1-41, June.
More about this item
Keywords
Vietnam; Special Economic Zones; foreign direct investment; labour markets; structural change; informality;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General
- J80 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - General
- O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
- O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
- P33 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - International Trade, Finance, Investment, Relations, and Aid
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2023-12-04 (Development)
- NEP-INT-2023-12-04 (International Trade)
- NEP-LMA-2023-12-04 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-SEA-2023-12-04 (South East Asia)
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:zbw:gigawp:279817. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/dueiide.html .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.