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Revising Economics for the Next Generation

Sicat, Gerardo P. - School of Economics, University of the Philippines at … - 2003

The revision of Economics, a textbook in elementary economics, using the Philippines as the basis of the study material … University of the Philippines School of Economics to improve economic teaching materials in the country. The first part …

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Philippine Economic Nationalism

Sicat, Gerardo P. - School of Economics, University of the Philippines at … - 2002

most likely to succeed in the early years after independence among many East Asian economies, the Philippines became the …

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The Role of Science, Technology and Research in Economic Development

Clarete, Ramon L.; Pernia, Ernesto M.; Gaduena, Ammielou; … - School of Economics, University of the Philippines at … - 2014

, competition, the Philippines (PH) needs to appreciably ramp up investment spending in science, engineering, and research and … the Philippines – the “national university” – vis-à-vis its comparators in AEC, including ways to improve its …

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Does economic empowerment protect women against domestic violence? Evidence from the Philippines

Quimbo, S.; Javier, X. - School of Economics, University of the Philippines at … - 2013

Using data from the 2008 National Demographic and Health Survey, we ask whether women's economic empowerment -defined alternatively as having the ability to decide on (i) daily needs, (ii) major purchases, and (iii) spending own income - protects women against domestic violence. Using a simple...

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Deviant Behavior : A Century of Philippine Industrialization

de Dios, Emmanuel S.; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - School of Economics, University of the Philippines at … - 2013

unconditional convergence on the leaders long before the modern BRICS and even before the Asian Tigers. The Philippines was very …, way above that achieved by the industrial leaders. Indeed, the Philippines was the third Asian country to enter the 5 …% industrial growth club: Japan 1899, China 1900, the Philippines 1913, Taiwan 1914, Korea 1921, and India 1929. The Philippines …

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An examination of Philippine monetary policy rules

Bautista, Carlos C. - School of Economics, University of the Philippines at … - 2009

A small-scale open economy dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model is used to examine Philippine monetary policy. The model’s parameters are estimated using Bayesian methods. Posterior odds tests are conducted to compare models with different specifications of the policy rule....

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Where does the money go? Assessing the expenditure and income effects of the Philippines' Conditional Cash Transfer Program

Quimbo, Stella Luz A.; Capuno, Joseph J.; Kraft, Aleli D.; … - School of Economics, University of the Philippines at … - 2015

Evaluation studies on conditional cash transfers (CCT) in the Philippines found small if not insignificantly different …

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Population, Poverty, Politics and the Reproductive Health Bill

Pernia, Ernesto M. Pernia, et al. - School of Economics, University of the Philippines at … - 2011

Following an earlier paper titled “Population and Poverty: The Real Score” (UPSE Discussion Paper 0415, December 2004), the present paper was first issued in August 2008 as a contribution to the public debate on the population issue that never seemed to die in this country. The debate heated...

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Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP): Time to Let Go

Fabella, Raul V. - School of Economics, University of the Philippines at … - 2014

This paper revisits the record of CARP over the quarter century of its existence. By 2014, 5.05 million of the 5.37m hectares of the targeted agricultural land shall have been distributed. As a program for land asset equity, it shall have accomplished 99% of its target, whopper of a success for...

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Probing Beneath Cross-National Averages: Poverty, Inequality, and Growth in the Philippines

Balisacan, Arsenio M.; Pernia, Ernesto M. - School of Economics, University of the Philippines at … - 2001

Philippines. The results show that economic growth explains a lot but not all about poverty. The balance which seems fairly large …

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