Do Minimum Wages Increase Female Employment? Evidence from Vietnamese Manufacturing Firms

IF 1.3 Q3 ECONOMICS

International Trade Journal Pub Date : 2021-02-22 DOI:10.1080/08853908.2021.1877217

D. Nguyen

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Abstract

ABSTRACT In this article, I empirically examine the employment effect of minimum wages using firm-level data on Vietnamese manufacturing and find that minimum wages have a positive association with a firm’s female employment. This effect is the highest in automotive and engineering manufactures, and the lowest in textile, garment, and footwear manufactures. Alternative regressions provide evidence that the higher the total factor productivity, the increased female labor share, and the higher pay to their employees, the stronger the female employment effect. The female employment impact is positive, but this impact weakened after the uniform minimum wage rate was applied in 2012.

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最低工资能增加女性就业吗?来自越南制造企业的证据

摘要在本文中，我使用越南制造业企业层面的数据实证检验了最低工资的就业效应，发现最低工资与企业女性就业呈正相关。这种影响在汽车和工程制造业中最高，在纺织、服装和鞋类制造业中最低。替代回归提供的证据表明，全要素生产率越高，女性劳动力份额越高，员工薪酬越高，则女性就业效应越强。女性就业的影响是积极的，但在2012年实行统一的最低工资率后，这种影响减弱了。

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International Trade Journal Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all)

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1.90

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