Job Opportunities in Foreign Firms and Internal Migration in Vietnam |
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| Authors: | Emiko Fukase |
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| Institution: | 1. The World Bank, , N.W. Washington, DC, 20433 USAI would like to thank Wim P. M. Vijverberg for guidance and very useful comments at each stage of this research;2. the late Robert E. Lipsey for discussions and insightful comments on an earlier draft of this paper;3. Zadia M. Feliciano, Jonathan R. Nelson and Jing Sun for comments and suggestions;4. the General Statistics Office of Vietnam for providing the data;5. the Editor of Asian Economic Journal and anonymous referees for very useful and detailed comments. |
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| Abstract: | Using the 2004 Vietnam Migration Survey and the 2004 Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey, this paper investigates the role of employment opportunities created by foreign‐owned firms as a determinant of internal migration and destination choice. Multinomial logit and conditional logit models are estimated to study both origin‐and destination‐specific characteristics of migrants. The paper finds that the migration response to foreign job opportunities is larger for female workers than male workers; there appears to be intermediate selection in terms of educational attainment; and migrating individuals tend to go to destinations with higher foreign employment opportunities, even when controlling for income differentials, land differentials and distances between sending and receiving areas. |
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| Keywords: | foreign ownership internal migration Vietnam F16 F23 O15 |
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