Using work from home (WFH) scores obtained by matching Philippine occupations with classifications defined by Dingle and Neiman (2020), this paper estimates that only 12.38 percent of all workers can work from home and 25.7 percent of Philippine occupations are teleworkable, mostly from the...

This paper aims to explore empirically, using vector autoregression (VAR) analysis and weekly regional data for the 17 Philippine regions, the interactions between the Covid-19 pandemic, economic mobility, and containment policy. The authors conclude that COVID-19 deaths and incidence primarily...

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected major industries, resulting in the transformation of the business landscape, and small businesses have taken a particularly severe impact. Whenever crises occur, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) tend to be more vulnerable than large...

The evolution of the COVID-19 crisis has brought unprecedented uncertainty more than one year into the pandemic. Although mobility restrictions have gradually eased and vaccination roll-out has started to pick up, institutions such as public health have continued to face immense pressure from...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused massive disruptions in the job market. This also puts the "gig economy" in the spotlight since many workers are seeing it as a viable career option, and are considering leaving their 9-to-5 jobs to pursue a career there. Even before the pandemic, the gig economy...

Starting with the premise that technological innovation and economic growth are interactive and mutually reinforcing, this paper argues that in order to have a fighting chance in the Asean Economic Community (AEC), let alone global, competition, the Philippines (PH) needs to appreciably ramp up...

Starting with the premise that technological innovation and economic growth are interactive and mutually reinforcing, this paper argues that in order to have a fighting chance in the Asean Economic Community (AEC), let alone global, competition, the Philippines (PH) needs to appreciably ramp up...

The development literature has long supported the view of connecting the agricultural sector to value chains to boost productivity, expand markets and improve sector competitiveness. While there are several market failures that make this a daunting task, there are opportunities for the private...

This paper adopts the approach used by Brussevich et al. (2020) to identify the worker characteristics associated with an increased probability of working from home. Using the same teleworkability scores in the merged 2015 Philippine Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) and 2016 First...