Firm compliance and public disclosure in Vietnam
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| author | Claire H. Hollweg |
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| contents | Firm compliance and public disclosure in Vietnam Claire H. Hollweg Global consumers, international brands, and governments in producing and outsourcing countries aim to improve working conditions in global value chains, but uncertainty exists about what is the best approach. This research uses firm-level data from the International Labour Organization–International Finance Corporation Better Work Vietnam program to assess the relationship between transparency on working conditions and firm compliance in the apparel sector in Vietnam between 2010 and 2018. It exploits a change in the policies of Better Work Vietnam when, in 2015, the program announced the launch of a new public disclosure program that would see factories’ names made publicly available along with their compliance (or lack thereof) with certain “critical issues.” The paper first examines which firm characteristics correlate with reductions in noncompliance rates over time, and then examines the impact of the public disclosure policy on compliance rates and firm dropout using different empirical techniques. It finds that while continued participation in the Better Work Vietnam program has the strongest effect on changes in firm compliance with labor standards over time, public disclosure is also associated with increased compliance, with stronger effects in some compliance points, including occupational health and safety, work time, and child labor. There is some evidence of increased dropout, but no evidence of firms only making progress on the critical issues is found. The research findings suggest that public disclosure within global value chains matters for firm behavior. Better Work Discussion Paper, no. 31, ILO publication.encyclopediaEntry |
| format | Entrada de enciclopedia |
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| institution | Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) |
| publishDate | 2019 |
| publisher | International Labour Organization |
| spellingShingle | Firm compliance and public disclosure in Vietnam Claire H. Hollweg Firm compliance and public disclosure in Vietnam Claire H. Hollweg Global consumers, international brands, and governments in producing and outsourcing countries aim to improve working conditions in global value chains, but uncertainty exists about what is the best approach. This research uses firm-level data from the International Labour Organization–International Finance Corporation Better Work Vietnam program to assess the relationship between transparency on working conditions and firm compliance in the apparel sector in Vietnam between 2010 and 2018. It exploits a change in the policies of Better Work Vietnam when, in 2015, the program announced the launch of a new public disclosure program that would see factories’ names made publicly available along with their compliance (or lack thereof) with certain “critical issues.” The paper first examines which firm characteristics correlate with reductions in noncompliance rates over time, and then examines the impact of the public disclosure policy on compliance rates and firm dropout using different empirical techniques. It finds that while continued participation in the Better Work Vietnam program has the strongest effect on changes in firm compliance with labor standards over time, public disclosure is also associated with increased compliance, with stronger effects in some compliance points, including occupational health and safety, work time, and child labor. There is some evidence of increased dropout, but no evidence of firms only making progress on the critical issues is found. The research findings suggest that public disclosure within global value chains matters for firm behavior. Better Work Discussion Paper, no. 31, ILO publication.encyclopediaEntry |
| title | Firm compliance and public disclosure in Vietnam |
| url | https://researchrepository.ilo.org/esploro/outputs/encyclopediaEntry/Firm-compliance-and-public-disclosure-in/995219052602676 |