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. 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.

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Main Author:	Fukase, Emiko
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-04
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,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17625190/foreign-job-opportunities-internal-migration-vietnam https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15566
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