Associate Professor. Dr. Tran Thi Bich

Work experience

• From October 2014 - present: Head of Statistics Department, National Economics University.
• From April 2014 - September 2014: Head of Statistics Department, University National Economics.
• From July 2012 - March 2014: Deputy Head of the Department of Socio-Economic Statistics, Faculty of Statistics, National Economics University.
• From 1997 - June 2012: Lecturer at the Department of Statistics, National Economics University.

Education and training

• July 2003 - February 2008: Doctor of Economics, Australian National University.
• September 1994 - July 1996: Master of business administration - (Coordinated training program between the Paris Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training Male).
• August 1990 - June 1994: Bachelor of Statistics, National University of Economics.

Scientific publication

• Thi Bich Tran and Duy Khoi Nguyen (2024). Optimum Firm Size in Vietnam: does subcontracting matters? Journal of Economics and Development. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JED-12-2023-0242/full/html
• Jinjing Li, Thi Bich Tran, Hai Anh La, Mai Xuan Thi Nguyen (2023). Land Allocation Policy and Income Inequality: Evidence From Vietnam. The Review of Income and Wealth. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12640
• Dung Kieu Nguyen, Thi Bich Tran, Mai Thi Xuan Nguyen, and Anh Thi Mai Pham (2023). Trade Unions and Workers' Welfare in Vietnam. Post-Communist Economies. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2023.2262670
• Thi Bich Tran, Hai Anh La, Nguyet Hoang Minh Le, Khoa Dang Nguyen (2022). ‘Urban wage premium and informal agglomeration in Vietnam’. Eurasean Geography and Economics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2022.2112608
• Thi Bich Tran and Hai Anh La (2021). ‘Participation, transparency and trust in local governance in transitional countries: the case of Vietnam’. Post-Communist Economies. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2021.2006493
• Thi Bich Tran and Hai Anh La (2018). ‘Agglomeration Effects: Productivity of the Informal Sector in Vietnam’. The Journal of Development Studies. Vol.54, Iss.2; 292-311. DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1283013
• Thang V. Nguyen, Canh Q. Le, Bich T. Tran, and Scott E. Bryant (2015). ‘Citizen Participation in City Governance: experience from Vietnam’. Public Administration and Development. Vol. 35, 34-45.

Teaching

• School of Advanced Education Programs: Business Statistics
• Vietnam-Netherland Master’s Program in Development: Applied Statistics
• Lincon Programs: Statistics in Economics and Finance.
• Chapter Department of Statistics: Statistical theory, Sociological investigation, Data analysis, Statistics in economics and business.

Books/textbooks

Textbook:

• Tran Thi Bich and Pham Thi Mai Anh. 2022. Data Analysis. KTQD University Publishing House.
• Tran Thi Bich. 2022. Statistics in economics and business. Economics University Press (Book translated from Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics. Lind, Marchal, and Wathen (Eds). McGrawHill).
• Pham Ngoc Kiem, Nguyen Cong Nhu, and Tran Thi Bich. 2012. Principles of economic statistics. Vietnam Education Publishing House.

Books:

• Thi Bich Tranand Hai Anh La. 2020. Why Do Household Businesses Stay Informal? In: John Rand and Finn Tarp (eds) Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam. Oxford University Press.
• Hai Anh La, Thi Bich Tran, and Uyen Nguyen. 2019. Housing Gaps Between Rural–Urban Migrants and Local Urban Residents: The Case of Vietnam. In: Liu A., Meng X. (eds) Rural-Urban Migration in Vietnam. Population Economics. Springer, Cham.