Labor performance: comparison between SOEs and private firms across selected emerging Asian countries
| China | India | Indonesia | Malaysia | Vietnam | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOEs | Private firms | SOEs | Private firms | SOEs | Private firms | SOEs | Private firms | SOEs | Private firms | |
| Average number of years of education of a typical permanent full-time production worker (l9a)* | 9.9 | 10.2 | 12.5 | 9.8 | 11.0 | 10.68 | 11.3 | 8.83 | 10.7 | 10.66 |
| Average percentages of full-time permanent workers who completed secondary school (l9b) | 59.1% | 60.1% | 77.5% | 50.8% | 66.5% | 70.1% | 61.5% | 79.2% | 97.1% | 92.2% |
| Percentages of firms that have formal training programs for its permanent, full-time employees (l10) | 94.7% | 84.7% | 100.0% | 42.4% | 66.7% | 12.7% | 25.0% | 30.9% | 33.3% | 24.6% |
| Percentages of firms that terminate any permanent full-time workers due to lack of the required skills (eal12) | – | – | – | – | 0.0% | 6.5% | 0.0% | 12.8% | 20.0% | 25.1% |
| Percentages of firms that terminate any permanent full-time workers due to poor performance (eal13) | – | – | – | – | 16.7% | 9.7% | 0.0% | 24.2% | 26.7% | 28.5% |
| China | India | Indonesia | Malaysia | Vietnam | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOEs | Private firms | SOEs | Private firms | SOEs | Private firms | SOEs | Private firms | SOEs | Private firms | |
| Average number of years of education of a typical permanent full-time production worker (l9a)* | 9.9 | 10.2 | 12.5 | 9.8 | 11.0 | 10.68 | 11.3 | 8.83 | 10.7 | 10.66 |
| Average percentages of full-time permanent workers who completed secondary school (l9b) | 59.1% | 60.1% | 77.5% | 50.8% | 66.5% | 70.1% | 61.5% | 79.2% | 97.1% | 92.2% |
| Percentages of firms that have formal training programs for its permanent, full-time employees (l10) | 94.7% | 84.7% | 100.0% | 42.4% | 66.7% | 12.7% | 25.0% | 30.9% | 33.3% | 24.6% |
| Percentages of firms that terminate any permanent full-time workers due to lack of the required skills (eal12) | – | – | – | – | 0.0% | 6.5% | 0.0% | 12.8% | 20.0% | 25.1% |
| Percentages of firms that terminate any permanent full-time workers due to poor performance (eal13) | – | – | – | – | 16.7% | 9.7% | 0.0% | 24.2% | 26.7% | 28.5% |
Note(s): Percentages are calculated based on number of firms responded with specific numbers (not leaving blank answers)
Source(s): Authors' calculations based on 2018 World Bank Enterprises Survey Data
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