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The study examines the relationship between corruption and gender in business using panel data of Vietnamese SMEs from 2011 to 2015. It finds that female owners are less likely to be corrupt than their male peers. Formal firms are more involved in corruption and household businesses less. Corruption not only occurs between firms and government officials, but also among firms. Overall, the study suggests that an increasing number of female entrepreneurs might be associated with a less corrupt business environment.

Prior to joining Crawford School, Trang Be has worked as a researcher at the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) - a think tank for the Government of Vietnam. She has worked on research on the Characteristics of Vietnamese Business Environment based on the biennial Small and Medium Enterprise Surveys in Vietnam. Ms Be has a series of working papers on corruption, gender and Vietnamese Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) performance.