Research

Working papers

The persistent health effects of defoliating Vietnam. (submitted) 

Unification of minimum wage policy and labor market structure (with Trang Thanh Tran). 

Drought and agricultural adaptation: Land reallocation and labor dynamics in Vietnam (with Lifeng Ren, Giang Thai, and Khoa Vu).

Does FDI build skills? Evidence from a middle-income country (with Ian Coxhead and Hang Banh). 

Incremental waste policy changes: Mechanisms and effects in a general equilibrium model (with Chi Ta).

Trade shocks and labor market power (with Khoa Vu). 

Publications

"Getting to Grade 10 in Vietnam: Does an employment boom discourage schooling?" with Ian Coxhead and Phong Nguyen, 2022, Education Economics, Vol. 31 (3), pages 353-375. [Journal] [PDF]

"Income shock and food insecurity prediction: Vietnam under the Pandemic," with Khoa Vu, Anh Ngoc Nguyen, and Tu-Anh Vu-Thanh, 2022, World Development, Vol. 153, 105838. [Journal] [PDF]

"Labor market impacts and responses: The economic consequences of a marine environmental disaster," with Trung Hoang, Duong Le, and Ha Nguyen, 2020, Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 147, 102538. [Journal] [PDF] [Replication package]

"Conscription and the developing countries," with David Flath, 2019, International Journal of Economic Policy Studies, Vol. 13, pages 119-146. [Journal] [PDF] [学術賞 by JEPA]

Selected work-in-progress

Does the skill premium influence educational decisions? Evidence from Vietnam (with Ian Coxhead).

Organochlorine pollution.

Local government change, firms, and the labor market: New Hanoi after the 2008 expansion (with Trang My Tran and Hang Banh).

A note on geographical distance instrumental variables (with Quoc-Anh Do).