Vu Tran

I am a PhD student in Economics at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

My research interest is the intersection between labor and development economics.

Before moving to Sweden, I worked as a researcher at Mekong Development Research Institute (MDRI) in Hanoi, Vietnam where we do applied research in development economics.

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Research

Current projects

Evaluate the impact of electronic public procurement in Vietnam
Time: 2020 -

Overview: I scrape data from public websites and develop a model to test whether and how the introduction of online bidding saves the government budget.

Previous projects

Impact evaluation for the new primary school model
Role: Team member

Client: The World Bank

Time: 2014 - 2016

Overview: National wide three-round survey of 12000 students, parents and 10000 teachers to estimate the impact of a new primary school model
Quantitative socio-economic survey for Emission Reduction-Program provinces areas
Role: Team leader (data)

Client: The World Bank

Time: 2015 - 2016

Overview: Estimate the forest dependency of local people through a sample of 5000 households to determine local carbon tax rate
Public perception survey
Role: Team leader (data)

Client: US Aid

Time: 2015

Overview: A national wide survey of 10000 respondents to investigate urban people’s perception towards the US, and to identify the social value of Vietnam
Survey on Household Registration System 2015
Role: Team member

Client: The World Bank

Time: 2015

Overview: A national wide survey of 5000 households to estimate the share of unregistered migrants in large cities and the accessibility to public services
Central Highlands Poverty Reduction Project Impact Evaluation
Role: Team member

Client: The World Bank

Time: 2015

Overview: A national wide survey of 5000 households to evaluate poverty reduction intervention in Central Highlands, Vietnam
Impact evaluation for community hygiene output-based aid (CHOBA) in Vietnam
Role: Team leader (data)

Client: East Meets West Foundation

Time: 2014 - 2015

Overview: A three-year randomized experiment to evaluate the impact of different incentives in encouraging sanitation uptake by targeted households
Survey on information disclosure of land management regulations
Role: Team leader (data)

Client: The World Bank

Time: 2013

Overview: A novel research incorporating online and onsite observations to measure the transparency of governments

Piloted students' test

Meeting with colleagues @MDRI in 2015

Meeting with colleagues @MDRI in 2015

Teaching

Teaching assistant