Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2020.vol7.no8.715

Fuzzy-AHP Application in Analyzing the Factors Affecting Quality of Rural Labor  

HOANG, Lich Khac (VNU University of Economics and Business)
NGUYEN, Kien The (VNU University of Economics and Business)
Publication Information
The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.7, no.8, 2020 , pp. 715-721 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper aims to investigate the factors affecting the quality of rural labor in Vietnam, a case study in Thai Nguyen province. For this purpose, we establish an integrated framework of factors affecting the quality of rural labor. We use Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (Fuzzy-AHP) to assess the weight of the criteria and sub-criteria of rural labor quality. This method introduced by Saaty (1987) is a useful tool to cope with the complexity of decision-making. The Fuzzy-AHP is one of the most common Multi-Criteria Decision-Making instruments for dealing with quantifiable and intangible criteria, which reflect the relative importance of the alternatives based on constructing a pairwise comparison matrix. The results show that the four most weighted factors are institutions, local government policies, technical qualifications, and mentality. In particular, the weight of the institution is the largest (0.2343), meaning that this factor is the most important one affecting the quality of rural labor in Thai Nguyen province. The weight of local government policy is close to that of institution, about 0.2259. The weights of technical qualification and mentality are 0.1238 and 0.1135, respectively. In addition, age and education levels do not significantly affect the rural labor quality of Thai Nguyen province.
Keywords
Labor Quality; Countryside; Fuzzy AHP;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 4  (Citation Analysis)
연도 인용수 순위
1 Fosgerau, M., Hougaard Jensen, S. E., & Sorensen, A. (2002). Measuring Educational Heterogeneity and Labor Quality: A Note. Review of Income and Wealth, 48(2), 261-269.   DOI
2 Gollop, F. M., Fraumeni, B. M., & Jorgenson, D. W. (1987). Productivity and US economic growth. Amsterdam, Netherlands: North Holland.
3 Haerani, S., Sumardi, S., Hakim, W., Hartini, H., & Putra, A. H. P. K. (2020). Structural Model of Developing Human Resources Performance: Empirical Study of Indonesia States Owned Enterprises. Journal of Asian Finance, Economics, and Business, 7(3), 211-221. https://doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2020.vol7.no3.211   DOI
4 Ho, M. S., & Jorgenson, D. W. (1999). The quality of the US Workforce, 1948-95. Harvard University.
5 Janeska, V., & Bojnec, S. (2011). Rural Labor Market Developments in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Factor Markets Working Paper No. 5. Brussels, Belgium: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). http://aei.pitt.edu/58507/1/Factor_Markets_5.pdf
6 Jorgenson, D. W., & Griliches, Z. (1967). The explanation of productivity change. The Review of Economic Studies, 34(3), 249-283.   DOI
7 Jorgenson, D. W., & Stiroh, K. J. (2000). US economic growth at the industry level. American Economic Review, 90(2), 161-167.   DOI
8 Le, N. H., Duy, L. V. Q., & Ngoc, B. H. (2019). Effects of Foreign Direct Investment and Human Capital on Labour Productivity: Evidence from Vietnam. Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business, 6(3), 123-130. https://doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2019.vol6.no3.123   DOI
9 Pourjavad, E. H. S. A. N., & Mayorga, R. V. (2016). A hybrid approach integrating AHP and TOPSIS for sustainable end-of-life vehicle strategy evaluation under fuzzy environment. WSEAS Transactions on Circuits and Systems, 15, 216-223.
10 Syed, A., Beg, I., & Khalid, A. (2016). Aggregation methods for fuzzy judgments. Fuzzy Economic Review, 21(1), 3-21.
11 Saaty, R. W. (1987). The analytic hierarchy process-what it is and how it is used. Mathematical Modelling, 9(3-5), 161-176.   DOI
12 Tien, P.D. (2016). Developing high-quality human resources in the process of international integration. Doctoral Dissertation, Hanoi Vietnam National University, Vietnam.
13 Thai Nguyen's Annual Statistics Report (2018). General Statistics Office of Viet Nam. Retrieved January 20, 2020 from: https://www.gso.gov.vn/default_en.aspx?tabid=509&idmid=1&itemid=2731
14 Thuy, L. T. (2012). Development of female human resources for economic growth and social justice implementation in the northern mountainous region of Vietnam. Doctoral Dissertation, Central Institute for Economic Management, Vietnam.
15 Van Tran, N., Alauddin, M., & Van Tran, Q. (2019). Labor quality and benefits reaped from global economic integration: An application of dynamic panel SGMM estimators. Economic Analysis and Policy, 63, 92-106.   DOI
16 Brotons, J. M., & Sansalvador, M. E. (2017). A fuzzy model for the quantification of cost of quality based on the aggregation of information. Fuzzy Economic Review, 22(1). DOI: 10.25102/fer.2017.01.03
17 Vargas, L. G. (1990). An overview of the analytic hierarchy process and its applications. European Journal of Operational Research, 48(1), 2-8.   DOI
18 Vu, N.T. (2015). Studying factors affecting human resource development of textile enterprises in Tien Giang province. Doctoral Dissertation, Ho Chi Minh University of Economics, Vietnam.
19 Bai, C. J. (2012). An empirical analysis of the relationship between the country's population quality and economic development. Market Modernization, 681, 93-95.
20 Braendle, U., Sepasi, S., & Rahdari, A. H. (2014). Fuzzy evaluation of service quality in the banking sector: A decision support system. Fuzzy Economic Review, 19(2), 47-79.
21 Duan, L. G., & Duan, L. L. (2011). Research on the Quality of Population Based on AHP. Mathematics in Practice and Theory, 41, 246-256
22 Cam, N. T. H. (2013). Improving the quality of human resources in Vietnam's wood processing industry enterprises. Doctoral Dissertation, Vietnam National University of Economics, Vietnam.
23 Carnero, M. C. (2014). Multicriteria model for maintenance benchmarking. Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 33(2), 303-321.   DOI
24 Chang, D. Y. (1996). Applications of the extent analysis method on fuzzy AHP. European Journal of Operational Research, 95(3), 649-655.   DOI
25 Duc, N. B. (2012). Quality of human resources in industrial zones in Danang City. Doctoral Dissertation, Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Public Administration, Vietnam.
26 Duy, T. L. (2018). Improving the quality of rural human resources in Thai Nguyen province. Doctoral Dissertation, TNU-University of Economics and Business Administration, Vietnam.
27 Farajnejad, E., & Lau, W. Y. (2017). A Fuzzy Based Early Warning System to Predict Banking Distress on Selected Asia-Pacific Countries. Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business, 4(1), 39-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2017.vol4.no1.39   DOI