Table 2

Determinants of firms' labour productivity – 2021

(1)(2)(3)
OLS with full datasetModel with lagged kModel with subcontracting sample
k0.170***(104.81)0.141***(82.52)0.181***(56.95)
Sex−0.024***(−2.65)−0.018*(−1.96)−0.027*(−1.65)
Age0.035***(13.03)0.013***(6.87)0.023***(5.01)
Age squared−0.000***(−11.82)−0.000***(−6.75)−0.000***(−4.86)
Manager education level
Bachelor’s degree−0.092***(−3.79)−0.109***(−4.47)−0.113***(−3.74)
College degree or less−0.179***(−6.96)−0.229***(−8.75)−0.202***(−5.70)
Short-term education−0.251***(−8.77)−0.283***(−9.71)−0.272***(−6.34)
No certificates−0.266***(−9.29)−0.301***(−10.33)−0.300***(−6.94)
Other−0.146***(−5.57)−0.163***(−6.14)−0.205***(−6.12)
Firm ownership††
Collective−0.835***(−11.75)−0.880***(−12.39)−0.679***(−7.72)
Private company−0.350***(−5.58)−0.377***(−6.19)−0.245***(−4.26)
Limited company−0.286***(−4.55)−0.283***(−4.64)−0.155***(−2.69)
Foreign company−0.155**(−2.46)−0.129**(−2.11)0.008(0.14)
Firm size†††
5–9 workers0.290***(27.42)0.254***(23.04)0.240***(9.17)
10–24 workers0.401***(35.49)0.345***(29.39)0.335***(13.82)
25–49 workers0.430***(28.95)0.364***(23.87)0.343***(12.82)
50–99 workers0.444***(24.97)0.379***(20.94)0.394***(14.75)
100–199 workers0.467***(22.47)0.386***(18.39)0.431***(16.13)
200–999 workers0.441***(20.88)0.342***(16.08)0.420***(15.35)
From 1,000 workers0.377***(10.88)0.267***(7.82)0.382***(10.18)
Region††††
Red River Delta (other)0.016(0.87)0.0216(1.12)0.062**(2.33)
Northern Central and Central Coast−0.206***(−10.53)−0.226***(−11.01)−0.128***(−4.28)
Central Highlands−0.224***(−6.61)−0.269***(−7.67)−0.152***(−2.78)
South East (other)0.197***(10.55)0.181***(9.29)0.136***(5.02)
Mekong River Delta0.031(1.47)−0.010(−0.47)−0.009(−0.30)
Ha Noi0.049***(2.59)0.016(0.81)0.155***(4.79)
Ho Chi Minh0.213***(11.64)0.124***(6.50)0.211***(7.15)
% of female workers−0.164***(−11.32)−0.172***(−11.34)−0.470***(−18.10)
Website0.152***(10.99)0.177***(12.88)0.173***(9.44)
Import–export activities0.279***(24.15)0.288***(24.69)0.206***(13.08)
R&D0.125***(6.82)0.148***(7.99)0.159***(7.42)
Ln(localisation index)0.024***(9.17)0.029***(10.47)0.030***(6.80)
Constant3.082***(33.57)3.767***(40.26)3.454***(26.58)
No. of obs82,205 72,380 24,155 
Adjusted R20.295 0.268 0.336 
F-statistics1,078 831 382 
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(s): Authors’ estimation using EC 2021

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