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Job Opportunities in Foreign Firms and Internal Migration in V ietnam
Author(s) -
Fukase Emiko
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian economic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.345
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1467-8381
pISSN - 1351-3958
DOI - 10.1111/asej.12037
Subject(s) - multinomial logistic regression , destinations , economics , internal migration , demographic economics , labour economics , logit , econometrics , tourism , geography , economic growth , archaeology , machine learning , computer science , developing country
Using the 2004 V ietnam M igration S urvey and the 2004 V ietnam H ousehold L iving S tandards S urvey, this paper investigates the role of employment opportunities created by foreign‐owned firms as a determinant of internal migration and destination choice. Multinomial logit and conditional logit models are estimated to study both origin‐and destination‐specific characteristics of migrants. The paper finds that the migration response to foreign job opportunities is larger for female workers than male workers; there appears to be intermediate selection in terms of educational attainment; and migrating individuals tend to go to destinations with higher foreign employment opportunities, even when controlling for income differentials, land differentials and distances between sending and receiving areas.