Firm exporting and employee benefits: first evidence from Vietnam manufacturing SMEs

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dc.contributor.authorVu, Van Huong
dc.contributor.authorLim, Steven
dc.contributor.authorHolmes, Mark J.
dc.contributor.authorDoan, Tinh Thanh
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-18T02:24:52Z
dc.date.available2013-06-18T02:24:52Z
dc.date.issued2012-10
dc.description.abstractThis study examines linkages between the export participation of firms and employee benefits in terms of wages and employment quality. Based on a uniquely matched firmworker panel dataset for 2007 and 2009, we find evidence that export participation by firms in Vietnam has a positive impact on wages when taking into account firm characteristics alone. However, the exporter wage premium falls when both firm and worker characteristics are controlled for, and it decreases further when controlling for time-invariant unobservable factors by spell fixed effect estimation. While there are many studies on the export wage premium, the role of export participation on the quality of employment remains largely unexplored. By using a firm-level balanced panel dataset for the same period, our results suggest that export participation has a negative effect on employment quality. Nevertheless, the impact of export participation on both wages and employment quality vary greatly with respect to levels of technology.en_NZ
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dc.identifier.citationVu, H., Lim, S., Holmes, M. & Doan, T. (2012). Firm exporting and employee benefits: first evidence from Vietnam manufacturing SMEs. (Department of Economics Working Paper Series, Number 12/12). Hamilton, New Zealand: University of Waikato.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/7716
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherUniversity of Waikatoen_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDepartment of Economics Working Paper Seriesen_NZ
dc.rights©2012 The Authorsen_NZ
dc.subjectexportingen_NZ
dc.subjectwagesen_NZ
dc.subjectemploymenten_NZ
dc.subjectVietnamen_NZ
dc.titleFirm exporting and employee benefits: first evidence from Vietnam manufacturing SMEsen_NZ
dc.typeWorking Paperen_NZ
uow.relation.series12/12en_NZ
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