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National-to-local aid and recovery from extreme weather events evidence from the Philippines
Abrigo, Michael Ralph M.; Brucal, Arlan - 2019
Philippines between 1992 and 2015. Using local-level data of public income and expenditures, local precipitation, poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137580
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Human capital spending, inequality, and growth in middle-income Asia
Abrigo, Michael Ralph M.; Lee, Sang-hyop; Park, Donghyun - In: Emerging markets finance & trade : a journal of the … 54 (2018) 4/5/6, pp. 1285-1303
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012123588
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Human capital spending, inequality, and growth in middle-income Asia
Abrigo, Michael Ralph M.; Lee, Sang-hyop; Park, Donghyun - 2017
Asia's rapid population aging fortifies the case for strengthening human capital investments. Further, the experience of the newly industrialized economies suggests that human capital investments will be a vital ingredient of the transition from middle income to high income. Those investments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011756551
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COVID-19-induced human capital shocks, lifetime labor productivity, and inequality
Abrigo, Michael Ralph M.; Bayudan-Dacuycuy, Connie; … - 2023
Transfer Account estimates for the Philippines. Simulation results suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to negatively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014475331
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Implications of Philippine trends in education financing and projected change in school-age population on education expenditures by income group: using National Transfer Accounts r...
Racelis, Rachel H.; Abrigo, Michael Ralph M.; Salas, J. … - 2012
Financing of education in the Philippines is mainly by the government (public) and by households (private), and since … 2007 and 2040 the schooling age population of the Philippines is projected to continue to increase in size and the age …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009769376
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Extreme weather events and local fiscal responses : evidence from U.S. counties
Miao, Qing; Abrigo, Michael Ralph M.; Hou, Yilin; Liao, … - In: Economics of disasters and climate change 7 (2023) 1, pp. 93-115
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014228060
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Philippine International Labor Migration in the Past 30 Years: Trends and Prospects
Orbeta, Aniceto Jr. C.; Abrigo, Michael Ralph M. - 2009
The paper characterizes how international labor migration became an enduring feature in the country's development. It presents data on the flow of temporary and permanent international migrant workers in the last thirty years. Characteristics such as destination, occupation, education, sex, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421151
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Institutions Serving Philippine International Labor Migrants
Orbeta, Aniceto Jr. C.; Cabalfin, Michael R.; Abrigo, … - 2009
This paper discusses public and private institutions that were established in the Philippines to provide services to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421155
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Contagious Migration: Evidence from the Philippines
Abrigo, Michael Ralph M.; Desierto, Desiree A. - 2011
Outward migration data from the Philippines exhibit spatial clustering. This is likely due to information spillover …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421200
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Managing International Labor Migration: The Philippine Experience
Orbeta, Aniceto Jr. C.; Abrigo, Michael Ralph M. - 2011
This paper reviews the Philippine international labor migration management infrastructure using Regulatory Impact … migration management infrastructure based on the laws and regulations promulgated governing international labor migration, and … service workers. Although the Philippines is considered by many as the global model in managing international labor migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421223