Analysis (DEA). In particular, it estimates the efficiency of 78 SUCs based on available input data (i.e., expenditure data … productivity change in these institutions by applying the Malmquist approach on a four-year panel data set of 78 SUCs. The DEA … results indicate that majority of the SUCs have efficiency score less than 1 and thus, they are considered inefficient. In …

If land-degrading agricultural intensification in uplands is driven by labor migration, what will be the effect of … nonfarm employment growth? On one hand, a higher opportunity cost of farm labor should reduce labor-intensive cultivation … methods. On the other hand, there may also be a reduction in labor-intensive soil conservation practices. This paper …

If land-degrading agricultural intensification in uplands is driven by labor migration, what will be the effect of … nonfarm employment growth? On one hand, a higher opportunity cost of farm labor should reduce labor-intensive cultivation … methods. On the other hand, there may also be a reduction in labor-intensive soil conservation practices. This paper …

Philippine population lives below the poverty line. With landless status, the poor depended largely on labor with its embedded … unskilled labor situation, and low rate of return on education at basic levels. The poor faced high rate of underemployment and … pro-poor. Furthermore, opportunity costs and their unfavorable outcomes in labor markets prevent further improvements of …

This paper comprehensively reviews the developments in the education and labor markets in the Philippines in the past … 25 years. It highlights the trends on how the labor market used educated workers. It also reviews how education has …

improving the performance of Medicare in terms of efficiency and equity. This bridges the findings of two baseline studies …