Vietnam's Labor Market Institutions, Regulations, and Interventions

Over the past 30 years, Vietnam has experienced significant shifts of employment away from agriculture toward manufacturing and services, away from household enterprises toward registered and regulated businesses, and away from state-owned enterprises toward private firms. This paper argues that for these processes to continue in the future, appropriately designed and implemented labor market policies need to be in place, including labor market regulations that protect workers but do not inhibit creative destruction and creation of formal sector jobs; labor market interventions that improve workers' human capital, eliminate information asymmetries, and are fiscally sustainable; and labor market institutions that give voice to workers and employers. As a part of all of these measures, Vietnam will also have to renew its efforts to integrate vulnerable groups into the labor market.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Schmillen, Achim D., Packard, Truman G.
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016-03
Subjects:	UNION MEMBERSHIP, JOBS, EMPLOYMENT, AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, LABOR POLICIES, UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS, PASSIVE LABOR, WAGE GAP, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SYSTEMS, HIGH UNIONIZATION, MINIMUM WAGE, FOREIGN-OWNED FIRMS, COLLECTIVE DISMISSALS, PROTECTING WORKERS, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, LABOR TURNOVER, LABOR FORCE, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SYSTEM, COMPENSATION PACKAGE, JOB, LABOR MARKET REGULATION, WAGE SET, HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISES, NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT, PAYING JOBS, WAGE LEVEL, EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS, TRAINING PROGRAMS, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR MARKET POLICIES, MOBILITY OF LABOR, EMPLOYMENT SEARCH, PASSIVE” UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, WAGE GROWTH, ACTIVE LABOR, ACTIVE” LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, ACTIVE” LABOR, UNION DENSITIES, EARNINGS INEQUALITY, LABOR MARKET, BARGAINING SYSTEM, PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS, PRIVATE FIRM, LABOR COSTS, INFORMAL ECONOMY, EMPLOYMENT POLICIES, PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS, DISPLACEMENT, WORKER, PASSIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET, LABOR UNIONS, ACTIVE” LABOR MARKET, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, UNEMPLOYED, JOB LOSS, LABOR POLICY, EARNINGS LOSSES, WAGE POLICIES, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS PRACTICES, LABOR CONTRACTS, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, LABOR, BARGAINING MECHANISMS, JOB SEARCH, LABOR MOVEMENT, LABOR MARKET INTERVENTIONS, REGULAR WORKERS, MINIMUM WAGES, WAGE LEVELS, FEMALE LABOR, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES, PERMANENT WORKERS, UNEMPLOYMENT, AVERAGE WAGES, COLLECTIVE DISMISSAL, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, HUMAN CAPITAL, WORKERS, UNION DENSITY, LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, YOUNG WORKERS, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION, HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISE, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, WAGE INEQUALITY, AVERAGE WAGE, WAGE RATES, WAGE SUBSIDIES, STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES, CREATIVE DESTRUCTION, PRIVATE FIRMS, LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS, LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES, JOB CREATION, LABOR RELATIONS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PUBLIC WORKS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE, MANPOWER, SKILLED LABOR, MANAGEMENT, LABOR ORGANIZATION, SERVICE SECTORS, JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE, WAGE OBSERVATION, DISMISSAL, WORKING CONDITIONS, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM, HUMAN RESOURCES, FEMALE LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS, LABORERS, EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, UNSKILLED WORKERS, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, WAGE EARNER, WAGE DISTRIBUTION, LABOUR, LABOR MARKETS, PUBLIC SERVICE, PRIVATE SECTORS, WAGE EMPLOYMENT, ABSENTEEISM, JOB DISPLACEMENT, PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, EMPLOYEES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26002068/vietnams-labor-market-institutions-regulations-interventions-helping-people-grasp-work-opportunities-risky-world https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23928
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