Table 1

Determinants of firms' labour productivity – 2017

(1)(2)(3)
OLS with full datasetModel with lagged kModel with subcontracting sample
k0.169***(88.07)0.171***(41.29)0.168***(88.03)
Sex−0.022**(−2.17)−0.0235**(−2.15)−0.027***(−2.65)
Age0.024***(8.28)0.024***(7.42)0.028***(9.56)
Age squared−0.000***(−7.40)−0.000***(−5.72)−0.000***(−8.60)
Manager education level
Bachelor’s degree−0.220***(−9.20)−0.235***(−9.44)−0.233***(−10.01)
College degree or less−0.291***(−11.38)−0.348***(−13.00)−0.307***(−12.32)
Short-term education−0.319***(−11.26)−0.407***(−13.68)−0.341***(−12.37)
No certificates−0.377***(−13.55)−0.439***(−15.00)−0.390***(−14.46)
Other−0.285***(−9.68)−0.354***(−11.43)−0.307***(−10.76)
Firm ownership††
Collective−0.756***(−12.25)−0.862***(−13.57)−0.739***(−12.38)
Private company−0.375***(−7.31)−0.524***(−10.30)−0.385***(−7.77)
Limited company−0.338***(−6.57)−0.403***(−7.91)−0.326***(−6.55)
Foreign company−0.117**(−2.26)−0.070(−1.36)−0.100**(−2.01)
Firm size†††
5–9 workers0.437***(35.08)0.516***(37.46)0.361***(29.06)
10–24 workers0.584***(46.18)0.751***(54.90)0.502***(40.07)
25–49 workers0.672***(42.82)0.886***(53.45)0.583***(38.11)
50–99 workers0.764***(41.83)1.036***(54.09)0.674***(38.05)
100–199 workers0.823***(38.59)1.142***(51.03)0.732***(35.61)
200–999 workers0.817***(37.81)1.110***(48.85)0.721***(34.52)
From 1,000 workers0.770***(20.94)1.021***(27.32)0.671***(19.13)
Region††††
Red River Delta (other)0.0514**(2.33)−0.0952***(−3.89)0.0501**(2.38)
Northern Central and Central Coast−0.0176(−0.77)−0.101***(−3.99)−0.00827(−0.38)
Central Highlands−0.0744**(−1.99)−0.153***(−3.65)−0.0705**(−1.97)
South East (other)0.125***(5.46)−0.00519(−0.20)0.126***(5.71)
Mekong River Delta0.146***(6.02)0.0523*(1.96)0.147***(6.34)
Ha Noi0.0514**(2.31)−0.226***(−9.19)0.116***(5.36)
Ho Chi Minh0.144***(6.01)−0.264***(−10.08)0.176***(7.50)
% of female workers−0.376***(−21.28)−0.368***(−18.90)−0.356***(−20.60)
Website0.114***(12.27)0.135***(13.80)0.105***(11.57)
Import–export activities0.318***(27.40)0.324***(25.84)0.307***(25.19)
R&D0.084***(7.21)0.269***(19.93)0.073***(6.57)
Ln(localisation index)0.015***(4.96)0.012***(3.79)0.013***(4.41)
Constant3.004***(33.87)2.729***(27.43)3.030***(34.99)
No. of obs65,097 53,562 61,032 
Adjusted R20.321 0.275 0.327 
F-statistics963 635 926 
Prob > F0.000 0.000 0.000 

Note(s):Obtaining master’s degree or higher is the reference group

††State-owned enterprise is the reference group

†††Firms having from 1 to 4 workers is the reference group

††††Northern Mountains is the reference group

t statistics in parentheses

*p < 0.10, **p < 0.05 and ***p < 0.010

Source: Authors’ estimation using EC 2017

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