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The paper argues for increasing women's economic opportunities in the APEC region and states that women's participation in the economy is skewed toward micro and small enterprises and they are mostly self-employed entrepreneurs in the informal economy. It summarizes the challenges commonly...
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Philippines using the National Transfer Account and the National Time Transfer Account frameworks. We find that once the value of …
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While the Philippines has achieved several milestones advancing gender equality in the country, there are some areas …
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This study aims to address a gap in existing data and literature regarding the socio-economic profile of agricultural workers within rural households. It implemented a survey collecting panel data on the full range of labor and economic activities of rural households with agricultural workers,...
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The Philippines, being prone to natural calamities and vulnerable to economic fluctuations, has much to accomplish in …
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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 …
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Drawing on the experiences of entrepreneurs during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we explore the gendered impacts of policy responses designed primarily to provide relief and support for business continuity while the economy was on hold. The paper examines the themes of their lived...
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. Developing countries such as the Philippines have the potential to capitalize on this expansion, but opportunities may be limited … and explaining alleged wage disparities. This study investigates the vision on digital jobs for the Philippines, the … current practice and lived experiences of those specializing in online freelancing in rural areas of the Philippines. With …
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This paper reviews the current empirical literature on competition and market structure of Philippine industries. It shows that weak competition is one of the fundamental factors that explain limited growth, productivity, and employment in the economy. Philippine experience has shown that...
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Changing the base year (1985) of Philippine GDP in constant prices could change the growth rate and the shares of components even when there is no change in the volume of production, implying that the changes in growth rate and shares are anomalous (i.e., no real basis). This possibility weakens...
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