Project title From Productivity to Competitiveness: Three Essays on How the Competitive Edge of Viet

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Project titleFrom Productivity to
Competitiveness Three Essays on How the
Competitive Edge of Vietnams Textiles and
Garments Firms Can Be ImprovedEssay 1
Productivity Analysis Essay 2 Policy Changes
and Cost-Based Competitiveness Essay 3
Qualitative and Value Chain Analyses Team
Leader Dang Nhu Van
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Essay 1 Productivity Analysis
Central
Questions What is the Total Factor
Productivity growth pattern in Vietnams TG
industry in the past? What are the
determinants of TFP in Vietnams TG firms?
How is TFP of Vietnamese firms compared with that
of Chinese counterparts?
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Essay 1 Productivity Analysis
Data
Source 1999 and 2001 surveys of TG firms
conducted by the Institute of Economics in
cooperation with other research institutions.
The former collected data for two years 1997 and
1998 from 96 firms The latter gathered data
for two years 1999 and 2000 from 150 firms
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Essay 1 Productivity Analysis
Hypothesis1.
Garment firms have better performance in terms of
TFP than Textile firms2. Ownership structure,
location, firms market orientation, level of
human capital, experience and size are core
determinants of TFP in TG industry3. Chinese
firms are more efficient than Vietnamese
counterparts
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Essay 1 Productivity Analysis

Challenges 1. Measure of Capital 2. Price
deflators for Inputs and Output 3. Price
distortion faced by firms of different ownership
4. Fixed and Random effects 5.Data
Unbalanced data and Selection bias