Labor - Matches

In the last twenty years, the Philippines has gained a good progress in poverty reduction. However, compared to other countries in the region, the Phi..

The United States is the top trading partner of the Philippines and also the top destination of highly skilled and professional Filipino workers. This..

This paper demonstrates how family size can be an important contributor to poverty in the Philippines. It examines one of the mechanisms behind this l..

Historically, the economic relations between the Philippines and Japan have been shaped by factors leading to the movements of goods, capital and peop..

The alarming number of children engaged in labor as released by the National Statistics Office from the years 1995 to 2001 gave rise to a timely natio..

This feature article dissects the key economic issues that the new Philippine president faces as a new six-year term unfolds after the May presidentia..

What's in store for us this year? Dr. Josef Yap provides us, in this issue, with yet another forecast for the year. He stresses, as he has done in eac..

In the Philippines, one major problem is the continuous rise of unemployment. This article which is a condensed version of Dr. Gerardo Sicat's paper w..

This book provides a detailed discussion of the performance and contribution to Philippine development of the education and labor markets in the past ..

This paper comprehensively reviews the developments in the education and labor markets in the Philippines in the past 25 years. It highlights the tren..

If land-degrading agricultural intensification in uplands is driven by labor migration, what will be the effect of nonfarm employment growth? On one h..

Globalization brings fears to the Filipino worker. The fall in protectionism and other barriers to trade contribute much to the uncertainties that wor..

Acceleration of economic growth and development, alleviation of poverty and the promotion of greater equity in Philippine society have been the major ..