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Thắng Võ

Director

PhD. in Economics, Australian National University - Australia

Email:

ThangVT@ueh.edu.vn

Võ Tất Thắng
Võ Tất Thắng

Vo Tat Thang is an Associate Professor and Dean of the School of Economics, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from the Australian National University in 2016. His research interests encompass Health Economics (with a focus on Aging, Retirement, Nutrition, and Health Insurance), Impact Evaluation, Development Economics (covering International Trade, Poverty, Inequality, Child Development, and Women's Development), and Applied Microeconometrics.

Curriculum vitae:

Other affilication:

University of Economics HCMC

Country:

Vietnam

Research fields of interest:

Health Economics (Ageing, Nutrition, Health Insurance), Impact Evaluation, Development Economics (Poverty, Inequality, Child Development, Women Development), Applied Micro Econometrics.

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Development Policy Review

2024

10.1111/dpr.12768
Adverse shocks, vulnerability, and coping by rural households in Vietnam

Thang T. Vo

Keywords:

adverse shocks, vulerability, coping, poverty

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Aquaculture Economics & Management

2023

10.1080/13657305.2022.2147248
The effect of sustainability labels on farmed-shrimp preferences: Insights from a discrete choice experiment in Vietnam

Truong Ngoc Phong, Vo Tat Thang, and Hoai Nguyen Trong

Keywords:

Sustainability labels, environmental attitudes, shrimp, discrete choice experiment, mixed logit model, latent class model

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Review of Development Economics

2023

10.1111/rode.12951
Can microcredit reduce vulnerability to poverty? Evidence from rural Vietnam

Chung Thanh Phan, Thang Tat Vo and Diem Thi Hong Vo

Keywords:

microcredit, rural households, VARHS, Vietnam, vulnerabilityas expected poverty

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Global Health Research and Policy

2023

10.1186/s41256-023-00320-3
Mental Health around Retirement: Evidence of Ashenfelter’s Dip based on SHARE Panel Data, 2004–2017

Vo, T. T., & Phu-Duyen, T. T.

Keywords:

Retirement, Mental health, Instrumental variable, SHARE, Panel data, Ashenfelter’s dip

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Environmental Technology & Innovation

2023

10.1016/j.eti.2022.102987
Socio-hydrological trade-offs arising from triple cropping in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: Revisiting environmental impacts and adaptation pathways

Dung Duc Tran, Edward Park, Thong Anh Tran, Thang Tat Vo and Phong Thanh Le

Keywords:

Polders, Livelihoods, Intensifications, Agriculture, Sustainable development, Rural transformation

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International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

2023

10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103762
Rural out-migration and the livelihood vulnerability under the intensifying drought and salinity intrusion impacts in the Mekong Delta

Tran, D. D., Nguyen, T. D., Park, E., Nguyen, T. D., Ngoc, P. T. A., Vo, T. T., & Nguyen, A. H.

Keywords:

Vulnerability, SWOT, Climate change, Rice, Mekong delta

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Economic Analysis and Policy

2023

10.1016/j.eap.2023.10.029
Gender division of household workforce in Vietnam: Role of international trade and fertility

Vo Tat Thang and Truong Thiet Ha

Keywords:

International trade, Fertility, Household workforce, Gender, Vietnam

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Social Indicators Research

2021

10.1007/s11205-020-02499-1
Impact of Trade Liberalization on Household Welfare: An Analysis Using Household Exposure-to-Trade Indices

Thang T. Vo and Dinh X. Nguyen

Keywords:

Trade liberalization, Trade exposure, Household, Vulnerability to poverty, Welfare, Vietnam

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Journal of Asian and African Studies

2021

10.1177/0021909621993499
Vulnerability to Disaster and Welfare Effect: A Case Study of Flood Risk in Vietnam's North Central Region

Manh Hung Nguyen, Dung P Le, and Thang T Vo

Keywords:

Coping strategy, poverty, flood risk, welfare, vulerability, Vietnam

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International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

2021

10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102183
Livelihood vulnerability and adaptability of coastal communities to extreme drought and salinity intrusion in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta.

Dung Duc Tran, Man Minh Dang, Bui Du Duong, William Sea and Thang Tat Vo

Keywords:

Drought, Salinity, Sustainability, Vulnerable, Adaption, Mekong delta

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Economic Analysis and Policy

2021

10.1016/j.eap.2021.02.007
Decomposition of gender bias in enterprise employment: Insights from Vietnam

Vo Tat Thang and Truong Thiet Ha

Keywords:

Gender bias, Decomposition, Female participation, Enterprise employment, Vietnam

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Economic Analysis and Policy

2021

10.1016/j.eap.2021.09.015
What motivates farmers to accept good aquaculture practices in development policy? Results from choice experiment surveys with small-scale shrimp farmers in Vietnam

Truong Ngoc Phong, Vo Tat Thang and Nguyen Trong Hoai

Keywords:

Small-scale shrimp farmer, Preferences, Good aquaculture practices, Concessional loan policy, Choice experiment, Vietnam

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International Energy Journal

2020

Short-run and Long-run Gasoline Demand Elasticities: A Case Study of Australia

Nguyen Thi Gam and Vo Tat Thang

Keywords:

Australia, gasoline demand, panel data, price elasticity, the world oil price

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Aging and Retirement in Europe

2019

10.2139/ssrn.3341372
The Health Effects of Unemployment on the European Elderly: An Application of Finite Mixture Models Using the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe

Thang T. Vo and Raghbendra Jha

Keywords:

finite mixture models, fixed effects, unemployment, health, the elderly, SHARE

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World Development

2019

10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104645
Can health insurance reduce household vulnerability? Evidence from Viet Nam

Thang T. Vo and Pham Hoang Van

Keywords:

Health insurance, Impact evaluation, Vulnerability, Risk aversion, Propensity score matching, Difference in difference

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Agricultural Water Management

2019

10.1016/j.agwat.2019.01.020
Adaptation to flood and salinity environments in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: Empirical analysis of farmer-led innovations

Thong Anh Tran, Tri Huu Nguyen, Thang Tat Vo

Keywords:

Adaptation, Floods, Rural innovations, Salinity intrusion, Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Water management

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Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies

2018

10.24311/jabes/2018.25.S02.2
European Union – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and Vietnam's Footwear

Vo Tat Thang, Nguyen Trong Hoai, Nguyen Thi Tuong Vy

Keywords:

EVFTA, Vietnam’s footwear, Partial equilibrium model, SMART model

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World Development Perspectives

2018

10.1016/j.wdp.2018.04.002
Household vulnerability as expected poverty in Vietnam

Thang T. Vo

Keywords:

Vulnerability, Poverty, Reference line, Risks, Shocks, VHLSS, Vietnam

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Growth Model Base on Science, Technology and Innovation

2017

KX.01.17/16-20
Development of Science, Technology and Innovation in Vietnam

Thang Vo and Dinh Nguyen

Keywords:

Vietnam, Innovation, Goverment, Research, TFP, Policy

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Health Policy Journal

2017

The process of essential medicines for the public drug formulary in some countries

Le Van Truyen, Vo Tat Thang, Vu Nu Anh, and Phan Hong Giang

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Journal of Economic Development

2017

10.24311/jed/2017.24.4.6
Water governance for sustainable development: International practices and implications for the Mekong Delta region

Thang Vo, Thong Tran and Duy Luong

Keywords:

Water governance, Agriculture, Sustainable development, Mekong Delta

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Journal of Economic Development

2017

Tourism Value of Can Gio Mangrove Forest: An Application of Travel Cost Method

Vo Tat Thang, Vo Duc Hoang Vu and Nguyen Xuan Dinh

Keywords:

Travel Cost Method, Zonal Travel Cost Method, Can Gio, Mangrove Forest, Travel

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Journal of Economic Development

2007

Impacts of WTO commitment on Rural and Agriculture in Viet Nam

Nguyen Trong Hoai and Vo Tat Thang

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Report for United Nations Development Programme and Harvard University

2007

Provincial Extralegal Investment Incentives in the Context of Decentralization in Viet Nam: Mutually Beneficial or a Race to the Bottom?

Vu Thanh Tu Anh, Le Viet Thai, and Vo Tat Thang

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Journal of Economic Development

2005

Corporations in Vietnam: Practical barriers and policy suggestions

Nguyen Trong Hoai and Vo Tat Thang

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