inclusive growth in the Philippines through employment generation for the poor. The manufacturing sector can provide employment … opportunities for the poor and can offer relatively higher wages. However, expected high-productivity employment opportunities from …

group, especially in the area of employment. However, earlier reports note that the quality of employment of PWDs still … needs improvement. This paper examines the employment profile of PWDs in the Philippines using the 2008 and 2010 disability …

creates jobs, draws the majority into the economic and social mainstream, and continuously reduces mass poverty. Employment …

The Sustainable Livelihood Program - Employment Facilitation Track (SLP-EF Track) is a scheme that facilitates the … employment of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries. The SLP-EF track has much potential to bring the 4Ps … effective in targeting beneficiaries and in identifying employment partners for 4Ps. There is also a need for the Department of …

Philippines, services account for 60 percent of GDP and almost 57 percent of employment. Across regions and sub-sectors however … effect), and the regional shift (competitive effect). Focusing on changes in employment, the shift share decomposition … the economy failed to offset the industry mix effect. It was the only sector that registered lower total employment during …

Persons with disability (PWDs) in developing countries, in general, have lower employment rates, as noted in empirical … employment outcomes. In the Philippines, not even half (36%) of the surveyed PWD women in selected cities in Metro Manila and … at the employment profile of adult women with disability in San Remigio and Mandaue City in Cebu, Philippines. Using the …

This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Philippine labor market, focusing on employment and real … employment outcomes at various stages of the crisis, we estimate changes in the probability of employment through a set of logit … larger on employment than on real wages, in contrast to findings for previous crises which found the reverse to be true …

livelihood to, as well as empowerment of, PWDs. -- Disability ; Philippines ; Labor force participation ; Employment ; Occupation …