Evaluation of the Effects of Industrial Zones on the Household Income in Thai Nguyen Province in Vietnam

Abstract

In this writing, the author used modeling method to perform (namely least square method) in order to analyze the actual status of industrial zones in Thai nguyen province to find out how it has affected the income of people in this province. On that basis, the author combined descriptive statistics method based on the result of depth interview to analyze the effects of industrial zones on the income of the households. The results of this research also showed the level of impacts of industrial zones on the income of households as well as found out which factors had positive and negative impacts of industrial zones. Also, it showed that developing the industries will create jobs for both inside and outside of the industrial zones, then it contributes to increasing the income and improving the standard of living of people. However, it is negative impacts of the industrial zones, for example, the workers are unable to make the requirements of recruitment from the enterprises in the industrial zones, or they are not capable of adapting to the condition when the environment has been changed. Besides, this writing also used difference testing to test the differences in the people's income living in the industrial zones in Thai nguyen province.