Are Migrants in Large Cities Underpaid? Evidence from Vietnam

Viet Cuong Nguyen and Minh Thai Pham

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Abstract: This paper examine the difference in wages between migrants and non-migrants (native workers) in large cities in Vietnam. It is found that migrants receive substantially lower wages than non-migrants. The wage gap tends to be larger for older migrants. However, once observed demographic characteristics of workers are controlled, there is no difference in wages between migrants and non-migrants. The main difference in observed wages between migrants and non-migrants is explained by differences in age and education between migrants and non-migrants.

Keywords: Migration; underpaid; decomposition; household survey; Vietnam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-05-16
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