Clear gender impact of COVID-19 on households with members working in textile and apparel, and hospitality industries in Vietnam
(20/03/2023)
The COVID-19 pandemic that occurred in 2020 has had a significant impact on the Vietnamese economy as a whole and has had direct effects on two industries: (1) the textile and apparel industry and (2) the hospitality industry. According to a study conducted by the Center for Analysis and Forecasting (under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences) in cooperation with CDRI, the prolonged effects of the COVID-19 pandemic until 2022 continue to have repercussions at the household level, particularly for
female-headed households, in these two industry groups.
In the fourth quarter of 2022, the economy and labor market both recovered strongly, while the gender gap narrowed
(20/03/2023)
As the Covid-19 pandemic faded, Vietnam's economy showed clear signs of recovery in 2022, with GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2022 increasing by 5.9% over the fourth quarter of 2021. This increase is higher than the yoy growth rates of 4.7% and 5.17% in the same period in 2020 and 2021, respectively, but still lower than the growth rate of the fourth quarter of 2011-2019. Vietnam's GDP increased by 8.02% in 2022 over 2021, the highest increase in the period 2011-2022
Does the Covid-19 pandemic enlarge the gender wage gap among waged workers in Vietnam?
(20/03/2023)
Exploiting 2019, 2020, and 2021 labor force survey data of the General Statistics Office to estimate the Mincerian wage model for waged workers in Vietnam, the results show that when controlling for different factors simultaneously, female workers have lower wages than their counterparts. Moreover, compared to before the pandemic (in 2019), the gender wage gap widened during the pandemic (in 2020 and 2021). Furthermore, results confirm social insurance's role in ensuring workers' income during the pandemic. Thus, the government must continue increasing social insurance coverage to ensure better protection for workers against risks occurring in the labor market.