This study examines the different aspects of labor in the rural household economy. It identifies the factors that significantly determine the labor allocation decisions of rural households. Moreover, it looks at how the availability and growth of rural nonagricultural employment opportunities...

This paper focuses on issues surrounding the management of Philippine commercial forests as it deals with forest destruction and renewal problems. Likewise, the economics of commercial forest management for both natural forests and tree plantations is highlighted. Policy implications are...

This study is an attempt to explain the pattern of development of the Philippine financial market. First, it provides a brief historical analysis of the financial system. It then develops an aggregative intermediation model and applies it to the Philippine stock market. It also discusses money...

There is a good reason to justify the support for small and microenterprise development. At this point, what is more important is the formulation of research agenda that will facilitate the introduction of new insights into the sector’s development. This paper provides a background to the...

This paper determines whether or not there is a rule for financing public debt that the public can discern. Specifically, it determines the nature of the “crowding out” effect. It then empirically investigates its impact on the nominal and real interest rates.

Tracing the structural adjustment measures implemented in the Philippines, this paper discusses reforms done on taxation, on trade and on government corporation during 1986 to 1992. Reforms on the financial sector, investment incentives and foreign exchange are also analyzed. These are in the...

This paper examines the impact of trade policies, such as export taxes, marketing controls, low interest rate on production and equipment loans and special minimum wages, on sugar production and trade. It also investigates the effect of government polices on domestic prices and therefore the...

Current planning and policymaking have not been very successful in terms of target-setting and policy prescriptions because of the seemingly implicit treatment of the energy factor in the formulation of models for policy and planning. This paper reports the results of an econometric modeling...

What are the effects of government policies, such as export tax, production levy and marketing regulation, on the Philippine coconut industry? The answer to this question is made central to this research paper.

This paper is an attempt to describe the historical changes in the level and distribution of government expenditures by policy from 1955-1980. While there is a need to fill the gaps in some areas, particularly the government expenditures for pricing and marketing policies, some general...