Labor migration is a subject that is very familiar to most Filipinos. More than any nation in East Asia, the Philippines has the most number of migran..

This special issue of the Philippine Journal of Development (PJD) is dedicated to Professor Alejandro N. Herrin in recognition of his numerous contrib..

Given the government's limited fiscal resources, it is critical that identification of beneficiaries of any social assistance/safety net program is pr..

This paper explores the heterogeneity of the migrant experience using the Bukidnon Panel Survey, which follows up 448 families in rural Mindanao who w..

This paper studies the relationship between population dynamics and income growth in the Philippines using data from 74 provinces for the period 1985-..

This paper explores whether or not the saving behavior of Filipino households fits the life-cycle hypothesis. Using pseudo-panels, which are construct..

Informed by a growing body of research showing that investments in early childhood health, nutrition, and cognitive and psychosocial development have ..

This paper looks at the interaction of poverty, fertility preferences, and family planning practices in the Philippines using the series of nationally..

This paper proposes a pricing model for health care markets wherein providers and patients play a Nash bargaining game. In this game, bargaining power..

For more than a decade now, the national health accounts (NHA) of the Philippines has been providing data that are important for health policymaking. ..

This paper compares the design features and implementation of the social health insurance (SHI) for the poor programs of the Philippines and Vietnam. ..

Recent controversies about certain government infrastructure projects, especially those agreed upon under the framework of the build-operate-transfer ..

This paper provides an overview of the National Transfer Accounts (NTA) system and then describes the methods and data used in the application of NTA ..

Why the need to ratify the JPEPA? Based on the numerous studies carried out under the PIDS JPEPA Research Project, JPEPA will be advantageous to the c..

Valuable lessons have been drawn from the financial crisis that hit East Asia 10 years ago. From this sad experience, Asian countries are now more awa..