Foreign Job Opportunities and Internal Migration in Vietnam

This paper investigates the role of employment opportunities created by foreign-owned firms as a determinant of internal migration and destination choice using the Vietnam Migration Survey 2004 and the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey 2004...

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Main Author:	Fukase, Emiko
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	BIG CITIES BULLETIN CENSUSES COMPENSATION CULTURAL CHANGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY EARNING EARNINGS REGRESSIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATED MIGRANTS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT EFFECT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT INCREASES EMPLOYMENT LEVELS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT PROSPECT EMPLOYMENT STATUS ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNICITY EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES FARMERS FEMALE LABOR FEMALE MIGRANTS FINDING EMPLOYMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN-OWNED FIRMS GENDER GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HOME VILLAGE HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN MIGRATION IMPACT OF MIGRATION INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIALIZATION INFORMAL SECTOR INTERNAL MIGRANTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW JOB CREATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOBS LABOR DEMAND LABOR MARKET LABOR MIGRATION LABOR MOVEMENT LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LAM LARGE CITIES LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIVING STANDARDS LONGER LIFE MALE WORKERS MANPOWER MARITAL STATUS MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION FLOW MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION PATTERNS MIGRATIONS MINORITY NATIONAL POPULATION NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF WORKERS PLACE OF RESIDENCE PLACES OF ORIGIN POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION DENSITY PRESENT VALUE PREVIOUS STUDIES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PROGRESS RATE OF MIGRATION RELOCATION POLICY REMITTANCES RESETTLEMENT RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMS RESPECT RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL WORKERS RURAL-RURAL MIGRATION RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION SECONDARY EDUCATION SKILL PREMIUM SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL SERVICES SPATIAL MOBILITY STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES TEMPORARY MIGRANTS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL WORKERS TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNFPA UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN MIGRATION URBANIZATION WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GAINS WAGE GAP WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE LEVEL WAGE PREMIUM WAGE SECTOR YOUNG WOMEN
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spelling	okr-10986-155662021-04-23T14:03:19Z Foreign Job Opportunities and Internal Migration in Vietnam Fukase, Emiko BIG CITIES BULLETIN CENSUSES COMPENSATION CULTURAL CHANGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY EARNING EARNINGS REGRESSIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATED MIGRANTS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT EFFECT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT INCREASES EMPLOYMENT LEVELS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT PROSPECT EMPLOYMENT STATUS ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNICITY EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES FARMERS FEMALE LABOR FEMALE MIGRANTS FINDING EMPLOYMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN-OWNED FIRMS GENDER GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HOME VILLAGE HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN MIGRATION IMPACT OF MIGRATION INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIALIZATION INFORMAL SECTOR INTERNAL MIGRANTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW JOB CREATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOBS LABOR DEMAND LABOR MARKET LABOR MIGRATION LABOR MOVEMENT LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LAM LARGE CITIES LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIVING STANDARDS LONGER LIFE MALE WORKERS MANPOWER MARITAL STATUS MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION FLOW MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION PATTERNS MIGRATIONS MINORITY NATIONAL POPULATION NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF WORKERS PLACE OF RESIDENCE PLACES OF ORIGIN POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION DENSITY PRESENT VALUE PREVIOUS STUDIES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PROGRESS RATE OF MIGRATION RELOCATION POLICY REMITTANCES RESETTLEMENT RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMS RESPECT RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL WORKERS RURAL-RURAL MIGRATION RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION SECONDARY EDUCATION SKILL PREMIUM SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL SERVICES SPATIAL MOBILITY STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES TEMPORARY MIGRANTS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL WORKERS TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNFPA UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN MIGRATION URBANIZATION WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GAINS WAGE GAP WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE LEVEL WAGE PREMIUM WAGE SECTOR YOUNG WOMEN This paper investigates the role of employment opportunities created by foreign-owned firms as a determinant of internal migration and destination choice using the Vietnam Migration Survey 2004 and the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey 2004. 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 on average tend to go to destinations with higher foreign employment opportunities, even controlling for income differentials, land differentials, and distances between sending and receiving areas. 2013-09-04T15:47:03Z 2013-09-04T15:47:03Z 2013-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17625190/foreign-job-opportunities-internal-migration-vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15566 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6420 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
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topic	BIG CITIES BULLETIN CENSUSES COMPENSATION CULTURAL CHANGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY EARNING EARNINGS REGRESSIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATED MIGRANTS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT EFFECT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT INCREASES EMPLOYMENT LEVELS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT PROSPECT EMPLOYMENT STATUS ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNICITY EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES FARMERS FEMALE LABOR FEMALE MIGRANTS FINDING EMPLOYMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN-OWNED FIRMS GENDER GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HOME VILLAGE HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN MIGRATION IMPACT OF MIGRATION INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIALIZATION INFORMAL SECTOR INTERNAL MIGRANTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW JOB CREATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOBS LABOR DEMAND LABOR MARKET LABOR MIGRATION LABOR MOVEMENT LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LAM LARGE CITIES LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIVING STANDARDS LONGER LIFE MALE WORKERS MANPOWER MARITAL STATUS MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION FLOW MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION PATTERNS MIGRATIONS MINORITY NATIONAL POPULATION NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF WORKERS PLACE OF RESIDENCE PLACES OF ORIGIN POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION DENSITY PRESENT VALUE PREVIOUS STUDIES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PROGRESS RATE OF MIGRATION RELOCATION POLICY REMITTANCES RESETTLEMENT RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMS RESPECT RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL WORKERS RURAL-RURAL MIGRATION RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION SECONDARY EDUCATION SKILL PREMIUM SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL SERVICES SPATIAL MOBILITY STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES TEMPORARY MIGRANTS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL WORKERS TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNFPA UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN MIGRATION URBANIZATION WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GAINS WAGE GAP WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE LEVEL WAGE PREMIUM WAGE SECTOR YOUNG WOMEN
spellingShingle	BIG CITIES BULLETIN CENSUSES COMPENSATION CULTURAL CHANGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY EARNING EARNINGS REGRESSIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATED MIGRANTS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT EFFECT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT INCREASES EMPLOYMENT LEVELS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT PROSPECT EMPLOYMENT STATUS ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNICITY EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES FARMERS FEMALE LABOR FEMALE MIGRANTS FINDING EMPLOYMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN-OWNED FIRMS GENDER GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HOME VILLAGE HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN MIGRATION IMPACT OF MIGRATION INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIALIZATION INFORMAL SECTOR INTERNAL MIGRANTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW JOB CREATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOBS LABOR DEMAND LABOR MARKET LABOR MIGRATION LABOR MOVEMENT LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LAM LARGE CITIES LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIVING STANDARDS LONGER LIFE MALE WORKERS MANPOWER MARITAL STATUS MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION FLOW MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION PATTERNS MIGRATIONS MINORITY NATIONAL POPULATION NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF WORKERS PLACE OF RESIDENCE PLACES OF ORIGIN POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION DENSITY PRESENT VALUE PREVIOUS STUDIES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PROGRESS RATE OF MIGRATION RELOCATION POLICY REMITTANCES RESETTLEMENT RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMS RESPECT RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL WORKERS RURAL-RURAL MIGRATION RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION SECONDARY EDUCATION SKILL PREMIUM SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL SERVICES SPATIAL MOBILITY STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES TEMPORARY MIGRANTS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL WORKERS TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNFPA UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN MIGRATION URBANIZATION WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GAINS WAGE GAP WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE LEVEL WAGE PREMIUM WAGE SECTOR YOUNG WOMEN Fukase, Emiko Foreign Job Opportunities and Internal Migration in Vietnam
geographic_facet	East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6420
description	This paper investigates the role of employment opportunities created by foreign-owned firms as a determinant of internal migration and destination choice using the Vietnam Migration Survey 2004 and the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey 2004. 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 on average tend to go to destinations with higher foreign employment opportunities, even controlling for income differentials, land differentials, and distances between sending and receiving areas.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Fukase, Emiko
author_facet	Fukase, Emiko
author_sort	Fukase, Emiko
title	Foreign Job Opportunities and Internal Migration in Vietnam
title_short	Foreign Job Opportunities and Internal Migration in Vietnam
title_full	Foreign Job Opportunities and Internal Migration in Vietnam
title_fullStr	Foreign Job Opportunities and Internal Migration in Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed	Foreign Job Opportunities and Internal Migration in Vietnam
title_sort	foreign job opportunities and internal migration in vietnam
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17625190/foreign-job-opportunities-internal-migration-vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15566
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Foreign Job Opportunities and Internal Migration in Vietnam

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