Impact of US market access on local labour markets in Vietnam

This paper examines the impact of US market access on local labour markets in a developing country, Vietnam. Following the implementation of the Vietnam–United States bilateral trade agreement (BTA) in December 2001, manufacturing employment increased in provinces that were more exposed to US tariff...

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Published in:Economics of transition and institutional change 2020-04, Vol.28 (2), p.315-343
Main Authors: Hoang, Trung X., Nguyen, Ha M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access
Employment
exports
Households
Labor market
Manufacturing
propagation
Provinces
Real estate
Rural communities
US–Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement
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Summary:This paper examines the impact of US market access on local labour markets in a developing country, Vietnam. Following the implementation of the Vietnam–United States bilateral trade agreement (BTA) in December 2001, manufacturing employment increased in provinces that were more exposed to US tariff cuts. In those provinces, employment also increased in many service sectors, reflecting strong spillovers of job gains. Among three potential channels of local job gain spillovers, namely, demand, production and real estate, the demand channel is the most important. The BTA is also found to reduce employment gaps, especially in manufacturing, between females and males, rural and urban, and poor and rich households.
ISSN:2577-6975
2577-6983
DOI:10.1111/ecot.12240