@article{25cdbaba26004c9cada6b4a28239298f,
title = "Globalization, industrialization, and labor markets in Vietnam",
abstract = "This paper investigates the dilemmas of reaching the Vietnamese goal of {\textquoteleft}civilized and equitable{\textquoteright} society expressed from central planning towards a {\textquoteleft}socialist market economy under state guidance{\textquoteright} with deeper integration into the global capitalist system, and their impacts on the labor markets. Using long-run statistical data, historical contexts and industrial policies, and fieldwork interviews (from 1980s to 2014), we focus on two important labor-intensive, export-based industries: the long-established textile/garment industry and the emerging electronics industry, which surpassed textile exports in 2013. Evidence shows that the {\textquoteleft}high road{\textquoteright} to industrialization model – with domestic linkages and skills upgrading – does not accompany growth in exports, as low-skilled assembly, mostly young female workers join the labor force with non-liveable wages and substandard working conditions. These two case studies delve into different stages of industrial policy, which is more defined in the textile/garment case and underdeveloped in the electronics case.",
keywords = "globalization, Arbejdsmarkedspolitik, Vietnam, industrialisering, Vietnam",
author = "Irene N{\o}rlund and Tran, \{*Angie Ngoc\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014, {\textcopyright} 2014 Taylor \& Francis.",
year = "2015",
month = jan,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1080/13547860.2014.974343",
language = "English",
volume = "20",
pages = "143--163",
journal = "Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy",
issn = "1354-7860",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "1",
}