Market constraints, misallocation, and productivity in Vietnam agriculture

Abstract

This study has been prepared within the UNU-WIDER project on 'Structural transformation and inclusive growth in Vietnam'.

Minimum Wages, Import Status, and Firms' Innovation: Theory and Evidence From China

“…3131 Because the value‐added and intermediate input are no longer reported in ASIF form 2011 to 2013, we follow Brandt, Wang, and Zhang (2017b) to estimate them as follows. We use the ASIF data from 2004 to 2007 to construct a four‐digit CIC industry‐level multiplier, which is equal to the average of the ratio of firms' total labor cost (the sum of wage bills, employment insurance, welfare, pension, and housing funds) over the wage bill, and apply it to the value of the wage bill from 2011 to 2013 to get their total labor cost.…”