The effect of incentive reforms upon productivity : evidence from the Vietnamese rice industry

The authors use region-level panel data on rice production in Vietnam to investigate total factor productivity (TFP) growth in the period since reunification in 1975. Two significant reforms were introduced during this period, one in 1981 allowing farmers to keep part of their produce, and another in 1987 providing improved land tenure. They measure TFP growth using two modified forms of the standard Malmquist data envelopment analysis (DEA) method and the Full Cumulative (FC) methods. (DSE/DÜI)