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This paper examines the wage differentials between foreign invested enterprises and domestic firms in a developing country at the early stage of economic development. It aims to prove the wage effect of foreign direct investment in a manufacturing sector. The foreign invested enterprises normally pay higher wages than domestic ones do.
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This study analyzes the wage differentials in Vietnamese manufacturing using a firm-level data for the period of 2000-09 in which the outward oriented liberalization took place. This analysis employs two approaches: descriptive and econometric approaches.
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This is one of my studies examines manufacturing employment and wages following the liberalization reforms in Vietnam.
Dr Kien Trung Nguyen
Danang University of Economics
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This page is a summary of: Wage differentials between foreign invested and domestic enterprises in the manufacturing, Journal of Economic Studies, November 2015, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/jes-05-2014-0075.
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