The impact of technology adoption on employment structures and labor productivity a case study in Vietnam manufacturing firms form 2007 to 2013
By Nguyen Huong Nguyen (VNP 20) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai Abstract This study investigates directly the impact of technology adoption on employment structures and labor productivity in Vietnamese manufacturing firms by using the panel data from the Survey of Small and Medium Scale Manufacturing Enterprises (SMEs) from 2007 to 2013. Results show that adopting […]
Leaving unemployment of an individual: The impact of unemployed benefits and family’s income
By Le Thi Cam Nhung (VNP 20) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Thi Bich Ngoc Abstract This paper aims to analyze the determinants to affect the probability of having a job after a period of being unemployed of Vietnamese labor by using Vietnam household living standard survey. The study covers 1,156 observations by filtering all people in […]
The linkage between corruption and carbon dioxide emission: Evidence from Asian countries
By Nguyen Thai Duong (VNP 20) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Khanh Nam Abstract This research investigates the direct and indirect effects of corruption which measured by corruption perception index on carbon dioxide emissions. Using data from 42 Asian countries and applying three-stage least squares (3SLS) method with considering corruption as endogenous variable, the finding indicates both […]
Irrigation and rice production: Evidence in Vietnam
By Le Huu Nhat Quang (VNP 20) Supervisor: Dr. Le Van Chon Abstract This thesis investigates the relationship between irrigation and rice production in the case of Vietnam. Further analyses are conducted to figure out the differences in impact on rice yield among water sources and explore whether effect of using canal for irrigation varies […]
The impact of foreign direct investment and economic growth on CO2 emission: Empirical study in ASIA
By Do Dang Ngoc Giau (VNP 20) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Khanh Nam Abstract This paper is to investigate the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and economic growth on CO2 emissions in Asian countries over period from 1991 to 2013. Under the complexity between these variables, this paper applied panel analysis method and structural […]
The impact of food safety standard on coffee export. The case in Vietnam during 2005-2014
By Truong Tan Tai (VNP 20) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Huu Dung Abstract The objective of this study is to scrutinize the impact of FSS on the quantity of Vietnam’s coffee export. Meanwhile, the regulated number of pesticides or average maximum residue levels is usually applied as a measurement of Food Safety Standard of a country. […]
Valuation of recreational service by the mangrove ecosystem in Thanh Phu natural reserve
By Nguyen Thi Dieu Thuy (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Khanh Nam Abstract This study is part of a research project conducted to estimate environmental service value of the mangroves in Thanh Phu ward, Ben Tre province, South Vietnam to inform policy makers in applying the Payment for Forest Environmental Services program. The study set […]
Construct credit scoring models using logistic regression, neural network and the hybrid model
By Le Minh Tien (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Dinh Long Abstract Viet Nam economy is facing many difficulties, the operation of enterprises is not effective leading to the non performing loan ratio of Banks increases. In the period 2007 to 2014, Viet Nam have seen a downtrend in credit growth from 53,89% in 2007 […]
The relationship between financial constraint and SMEs total factor productivity
By Ho Bao Tran (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai Abstract Using panel data from Vietnamese Small and Medium Enterprises Survey from 2004 to 2010, this study aims to examine the relationship between financial constraint and firm total factor productivity of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam. To achieve this objective, this study […]
Do better institutions boost firm performance? The case of manufacturing firms in Vietnam
By Nguyen Thi Nha Trang (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai Abstract This paper explores how institutional reforms in Vietnam affect the performance of manufacturing enterprises across 63 provinces by utilizing a unique dataset which includes the 2007-2012 Provincial Competitiveness Index merged with a set of data on firm-level performance extracted from the annual […]
Maternal health care in Vietnam: Demand for antenatal care and choice of delivery care services
By Nguyen Thi Hoai Trang (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Truong Dang Thuy Abstract This thesis research aims to analyze the impact of individual characteristics, household characteristic and communities in utilization of maternal health care services in Vietnam. Using the latest data of Vietnam’s Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2013-2014, it employs the Negative Nominal Model for […]
The effects of early childhood education attendance on cognitive development: Evidence from Vietnam
By Trieu Van Viet (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Huu Dung Abstract Over the past several decades, numerous studies have documented the association between early childhood education attendance and children’s cognitive abilities. This thesis aims to examine whether the positive relationship between preschool attendance and cognitive skills found in previous studies holds in Vietnam. The […]
Impact of economic volatility on corporate income tax rate: The case of 20 Asian countries
By Truong Hoang Yen (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Hoang Bao Abstract This paper examines the impact of economic volatility on the corporate income tax rate in the context of globalization and international taxation competition. The impact is analyzed by two models, direct and indirect effect model. The former investigates directly the relationship of corporate […]
The effect of bank capital and ownership structure on bank performance: Evidence in Vietnam
By Nguyen Thi Viet Anh (VNP 20) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh Abstract This study aimed at assessing the impact of capital structure and ownership structure on Vietnamese bank performance. The study used secondary data of forty-nine Vietnamese banks with 387 observations in the period 2005-2014, employing Feasible General Least Square as well as […]
The impact of remittances on financial development in selected Asian countries
By Huynh Thi My Chi (VNP 20) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Van Ngai Abstract Although the impact of remittances on economic growth and poverty has always been a controversial problem for researchers and policy makers as remittance inflow have been becoming one of the largest external capital sources for many countries, its direct effect on financial […]
Energy consumption and real GDP in Asean
By Duong Thien Chi (VNP 20) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Thuy Abstract This paper aims to examine the relationship between real GDP and energy consumption in ASEAN. The paper use the panel data collected from WorldBank from 1974 to 2014. The panel unit root tests, panel cointegration test and VECM Granger Causality test will be […]
Economics of charitable giving – Understanding the motivation of donation behaviour
By Nguyen Ngoc Nu (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Khanh Nam Abstract This paper studies the individual determinants of charitable giving including in time, donation in gift, and money donation. The research analyzes survey data in Ho Chi Minh City on charity giving in the last 12 months with 500 individuals. We design a questionnaire […]
A gravity model for world natural rubber trade
By Vo Cong Danh (VNP 20) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Thi Bich Ngoc Abstract The purpose of this empirical analysis is to investigate the determinants of world natural rubber trade flows based on gravity model among four largest exporting countries, namely, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and their fourteen major importing partners: Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, […]
The impact of institutions on economic growth and income in Southeast Asian countries
By Phan Chanh Phong (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Cao Hao Thi Abstract The role of institutions has generated considerable interest among researchers and practitioners recently, with the various result approaches and proposals. The studies often investigate the direct impact of institutions on growth; moreover, there are few researches on this topic in Southeast Asian area […]
Demographic factors and economic growth: The bidirectional causality in South East Asia
By Vo Tan Thanh Diep (VNP 20) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai Abstract This study has demonstrated new evidence sustaining the idea that variation in demographic factors is an important determinant of growth in per capita income. Using an annual panel dataset from 1990 to 2013 at the country-level in the Southeast Asia, this study […]
Determinants of capital structure of listed real estate companies in Vietnam
By Do Quang Thai (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Hoang Bao Abstract This research focuses on the impact of determinants to capital structure with respect to 56 listed real estate companies in Vietnam from 2010 to 2013. Basing on two theories of trade-off and pecking order, capital structure, which is defined by debt ratio, is expected […]