Table A1.
Summary statistics of outcome variables.
| Outcomes | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 1.687 | 1.328 | 2.044 | 1.995 | 2.047 | 2.284 |
| (0.061) | (0.052) | (0.070) | (0.064) | (0.084) | (0.087) | |
| Temporary layoff rate (%) | 0.083 | 0.060 | 0.077 | 0.081 | 0.051 | 0.861 |
| (0.015) | (0.008) | (0.007) | (0.009) | (0.005) | (0.043) | |
| Proportion of workers having a wage job (%) | 39.5 | 41.1 | 41.9 | 43.1 | 47.9 | 48.4 |
| (0.9) | (0.9) | (0.8) | (0.7) | (0.9) | (0.9) | |
| Proportion of workers having a job with contract (%) | 24.8 | 25.3 | 25.1 | 25.6 | 29.9 | 30.1 |
| (1.0) | (1.0) | (0.8) | (0.8) | (1.1) | (1.1) | |
| Proportion of workers having a formal job (%) | 20.8 | 21.5 | 21.6 | 22.6 | 26.3 | 26.7 |
| (0.9) | (0.9) | (0.8) | (0.8) | (1.0) | (1.0) | |
| Number of working hours in the last 7 days | 41.2 | 41.5 | 40.3 | 41.6 | 41.0 | 41.2 |
| (0.3) | (0.3) | (0.2) | (0.2) | (0.3) | (0.2) | |
| Monthly wage of wage workers (thousand VND/month) | 5666.2 | 5885.4 | 6077.7 | 6312.7 | 6928.3 | 6907.6 |
| (82.3) | (93.8) | (85.9) | (84.0) | (106.2) | (95.0) | |
| % workers with wage below the minimum wages | 8.6 | 9.4 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 4.6 | 7.3 |
| (0.3) | (0.4) | (0.3) | (0.3) | (0.2) | (0.3) |
Note: standard errors are in parentheses.
Wage is measured in the price of December 2020.
Source: Authors’ estimations from LFSs.