This research aims at measuring growth of labor productivity during structural changes in Vietnam in the years 1994-2011. Shift-share analysis of structure of industries shows that growth of labor productivity in Vietnam is a result from the static shift effect. | Measuring growth of labor productivity in Vietnam JED October 2013| 37 Measuring Growth of Labor Productivity in Vietnam by Shift-Share Analysis of Structure of Industries NGUYỄN QUỐC TẾ University of Economics HCMC Email: htqtnqt@ NGUYỄN THỊ ĐÔNG Banking Academy, Phú Yên Email: dong283vn@ ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history: Received: March 27, 2013 Received in revised form May 31, 2013 Accepted: Sep. 25, 2013 This research aims at measuring growth of labor productivity during structural changes in Vietnam in the years 1994-2011. Shift-share analysis of structure of industries shows that growth of labor productivity in Vietnam is a result from the static shift effect. In other words, productivity growth is resulted from changes in structure of industries, in which labors move from low-productivity industries to higher ones. Both endogenous (within-industry) factors and dynamic shift effect seem to be affected by the burden of structure and the backwardness of technology in the process of economic structural changes. Keywords: labor productivity, shift in structure of industries. 38 | Nguyễn Quốc Tế & Nguyễn Thị Đông | 37 - 47 1. INTRODUCTION Boosting the labor productivity is to ensure development of production and human life, especially increases in volume of products and services offered. Higher productivity is a decisive factor in improvements in national competitivenes, and international cooperation and integration. Changing the economic structure by boosting the labor productivity, according to government, is an indispensable way for the country to develop from a poor and backward nation into a civilized and modernized one. This process, however, does not generate a really sustainable growth of labor productivity. Therefore, it is truly meaningful to identify which element of economic structural change can generate a higher labor productivity. 2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND a. Labor Productivity: Labor productivity is a .
