Labor market policy - Matches
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More than a year before President Duterte issued Executive Order 52 prohibiting illegal contracting and subcontracting on May 1, Labor Day, this paper..
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Band-Aid is being taped over the gaping wound of joblessness. Government is succumbing to the loudest outcry, for now, to illegalize “endo,&rdqu..
In the News
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Calls for ending the practice of service contracting in the Philippines will be disastrous to the economy since it will result in the unemployment of ..
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Can success -- or at least a materially comfortable life -- be predicted? Yes, if the Brookings Institution is to be believed: get at least a high sch..
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Before there was Francis Magalona, there was his grandfather, Enrique Magalona, assemblyman for Negros Occidental. In 1936, he wrote a letter to the p..
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A recent achievement of the country has not been given the consideration it deserves. This pertains to the increase in average real wages, which was a..
In the News
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In the aftermath of the 2016 election, labor leaders and their political allies pushed for an immediate end to the so-called employment “contractual..
Discussion Papers
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HIGHER across-the-board wages run the risk of limiting the employment prospects of less experienced workers and women, according to a paper published ..
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Increasing the legal minimum wages (LMWs) is seen as more detrimental to the welfare of workers particularly the young and inexperienced, less educate..
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The President and the country’s top businessmen found common ground on the various economic issues affecting the country during a dinner meeting..
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The government’s plan to end endo, or contractualization, could lead to layoffs and greater inequality in the country, according to a study rele..
In the News
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THE government should carefully weigh its policy options on “endo,” or temporary employment contracts (TEC), because immediately ending th..
In the News
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It is commonly believed that mandating higher legal minimum wages (LMWs) is needed to help the poor earn a level of income that would allow them healt..
Discussion Papers
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The Philippines is at a crossroad. It can choose to continue to follow current unrealistic policies that despite good intentions have been shown to be..
Discussion Papers
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This fourth issue of the PIDS Economic Policy Monitor (EPM) focuses on the need to pursue inclusive growth through the expansion of quality job opport..
Economic Policy Monitor
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