Using the World Bank's Enterprise Survey for the Philippines, our analysis found that, on average, firms that deployed … firms. These results suggest a net positive employment impact of automation, at least in the short run. The findings differ …

Economic growth in the Philippines has not been accompanied by significant improvements in employment. Government thus … economic crisis on employment. The employment performance of these programs appears transitory and short term. Although some … programs exceeded the employment targets, it is not clear how these numbers are translated at the macro level. The programs are …

The Philippines is currently negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU). This paper is … expected to shed light on these negotiations in terms of the possible effects of the FTA on the employment in particular … and Japan, the paper found that FTAs as a whole have a positive impact on employment. While there may be unemployment …

This study analyzes labor market performance in the Philippines from the perspective of workers' welfare. It argues …, and low-paid. Widespread informality means that the poor neither benefit from the minimum wage policy nor from employment …-paid laborers. The reduction of in-work poverty hinges on removing constraints to gainful employment in both supply side (better …

evidence behind this? This article seeks to address this question. It finds that in the Philippines, higher LMWs: (i) are … intended to protect; (iii) decrease the employment probability of the young, inexperienced, less educated, and women laborers …

In the aftermath of the 2016 election, labor leaders and their political allies pushed for an immediate end to the so …-called employment "contractualization", a policy proposal currently popular with voters and politicians. The idea is for the government … to tighten and reduce, if not prohibit, the use of temporary employment contracts (TECs) and job outsourcing. This paper …

or by foreigners; young or old firms, and small or large firms by size of labor employment. The policy implications for …