Edillon, Rosemarie G.; Piza, Sharon Faye A. - In: Philippine Review of Economics 42 (2005) 1, pp. 21-36
This paper attempts to shed light on the debate sparked by the seemingly conflicting trend from 2000 to 2003 where we note a decrease in real incomes accompanied by a decrease in poverty incidence. A comparison of income and expenditure figures across space and over time gives us two important...