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Volume 12, Number 1
This issue presents a comprehensive analysis of small farm mechanization in the Philippines, based on findings from a...
Volume 13, Numbers 1 and 2
This issue presents a collection of studies, including one from the Workshop on Methods for Agricultural Policy Analysis...
Volume 20, Number 1
This issue presents economic analyses on small and medium enterprise (SME) development, rural labor dynamics, monetary policy, and...
Volume 22, Number 1
This issue examines key economic and policy issues shaping Philippine development, from capital inflows and debt valuation to...
Volume 22, Number 2
This issue delves into critical aspects of economic cooperation, trade liberalization, and policy coordination within the Asia-Pacific Economic...
Volume 23, Number 1
This issue examines key challenges and opportunities within the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) framework, focusing on trade liberalization,...
Volume 29, Number 1
This issue explores the intersection of economic growth, environmental sustainability, and decentralized governance, with a focus on the...
Volume 30, Number 1
This issue examines critical economic policies and sectoral challenges shaping the country\'s growth. The volume opens with an...
Volume 31, Number 2
This issue presents a diverse set of studies on trade, labor, infrastructure, and language policy, offering insights into...
Volume 32, Number 1
This issue presents empirical studies on economic policies, household welfare, and market dynamics in the Philippines and beyond....
Volume 34, Number 2
This issue explores key economic themes, including labor costs, export-led growth, poverty measurement, and education spending. The studies...
Volume 35, Number 2
This issue explores key economic and policy challenges shaping the Philippine economy. One study examines the shift from...
Volume 38, Numbers 1–2 (Special Volume on International Labor Migration)
Countries in the ASEAN region experience a wide range of problems in managing labor migration flows. There is...
Volume 40, Numbers 1–2 (Special Volume on Health)
The Aquino Health Agenda of 2010 articulates succinctly the Philippine health sector's aim for universal health coverage. The agenda has...
Volume 46, Number 1
This issue of the Philippine Journal of Development consists of articles on local government conditional grants, sustainable financing of smallholder...
Volume 36, Number 1
This issue explores key economic and policy challenges shaping the Philippine economy. One study examines the shift from constant 1985...
The Philippine Population: 1980-1990 Selected Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics
This paper describes the Philippine demographic situation with a focus on the findings from the 1990 Census and the recent...
The Impact of the Cagayan de Oro Port Development Project on Skilled and Unskilled Port Labor Employment
This article is a product of a nine-month training and application program implemented by the micro component of the Economic...
The Effects of Small Farm Mechanization on Employment and Output in Selected Rice-Growing Areas in Nueva Ecija, Philippines
This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the "Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...
Changes in Harvesting-Threshing Arrangements and Landless Laborers
This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the “Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...
Infrastructure, Output Supply and Input Demand in Philippine Agriculture: Provisional Estimates
This article has been presented at the Workshop on Methods for Agricultural Policy Analysis held at the UP Los Baños...
Size, Supervision and Patterns of Labor Transactions
This article has been presented at the Workshop on Methods for Agricultural Policy Analysis held at the UP Los Baños...
Impact Multiplier Policy Models for the Agricultural Sector: An Application to India
This article has been presented at the Workshop on Methods for Agricultural Policy Analysis held at the UP Los Baños...
Some Issues in the Economics of Tertiary Education
The failure of the tertiary education to respond to the manpower needs of a technologically changing environment has been the...
EC 1992: Its Impact on Trade and Investment in the Philippines
One of the recent European developments is the plan of creating a single market implying the removal of obstacles to...
IPR Policy Issues Affecting Plant Varieties
Inasmuch as plant breeders deserve remuneration for their labor and investment efforts, there are also reasons against the institution of...
The Impact of Technical Change on Rural Labor Markets in the Philippines
Analysis of micro-level data confirms the effects of differential technical change on both the demand and the supply side of...
The Effectiveness of Export Promotion Policies in a General Equilibrium Framework: The Case of the Philippines
This study examines the general equilibrium effects of different export promotion policies on imports and production of importables and exportables....
International Labor Migration and Its Implications in the APEC Region
This paper identifies some of the key issues confronting the Asia-Pacific member-economies that arise from the discussions in the APEC...
Asian and Western Values: Implications for the APEC Community-Building Process
The discussion on Western and Eastern values has begun to take on emotional heat even in sedate conferences. Where a...
Does Nonfarm Job Growth Encourage or Retard Soil Conservation in Philippine Uplands?
If land-degrading agricultural intensification in uplands is driven by labor migration, what will be the effect of nonfarm employment growth?...
How Do Research Projects Influence the Design of Local Policies for Environmental and Natural Resource Management?
This paper documents and analyzes interactions between environmental and natural resource (ENR) management research and local governance. It draws from...
Technical Change, Factor Bias and Input Adjustments: Panel Data Evidence from Irrigated Rice Production in Southern Palawan, Philippines
Approximately 90 percent of the world's production and consumption of rice occurs in Asia, and regional demand is projected to...
A Note on the Competitiveness Debate
This article deals with the concept of competitiveness. Competitiveness is technically a firm-level concept. However, it is oftentimes extended to...
An Empirical Analysis on the Tradeoff between Schooling and Child Labor in the Philippines
Does the prevalence of child work or child labor encumber on the country's economic growth and development? This paper looks...
Children and the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Parents in the Philippines
This paper demonstrates how family size can be an important contributor to poverty in the Philippines. It examines one of...
A Cautionary Note on the Interpretation of Unit Labor Costs as an Indicator of Competitiveness, with Reference to the Philippines
This note shows that unit labor costs, the most widely used measure of competitiveness, are equivalent to the labor share...
International Remittances and Family Expenditure Patterns: the Philippines’ Case
This paper examines the influence of overseas remittances to patterns of family expenditures in the Philippines using a matched dataset...
Labor Policies and Philippine Companies: Analysis of Survey Opinions
This paper analyzes the responses from a survey of Philippine companies concerning labor market policies, such as minimum wage-setting process,...
Managing International Labor Migration in ASEAN: Thailand (Immigration)
This paper aims to review the policies on international migration in Thailand and discuss difficulties in implementation. Today, Thailand is...
Different Streams, Different Needs and Impacts: Managing International Labor Migration in ASEAN - Thailand (Emigration)
For decades, Thailand has had a strong labor market in both supplying and demanding labor resources. Since the 1970s, Thailand...
Foreign Labor in Singapore: Rationale, Policies, Impacts, and Issues
Singapore has one of the most open economies in Asia in terms of trade, capital inflows, and foreign labor inflows....
Irregular Migrants and the Law
This paper examines Malaysia`s policy on irregular migrants and its implementation, and discusses its impact. A survey and interview covering...
Managing International Labor Migration: The Philippine Experience
This paper reviews the Philippine international labor migration management infrastructure using the Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) framework. Thirty years of...
Migration Outflow and Remittance Patterns in Indonesia: National as well as Subnational Perspectives
The article compares and contrasts the scale and composition of workers` outflow and remittance flow from 1994 to 2012 at...
Irregular Migration from Cambodia: Characteristics, Challenges, and Regulatory Approach
The study examines the characteristics, root causes, and challenges of irregular migration from Cambodia and then discusses the regulatory approaches...
AEC 2015: Challenges Affecting Labor Mobility and MRAs on Professional Services
The paper aims to identify the facilitating and deterring factors affecting the implementation of the ASEAN mutual recognition arrangements (MRAs)...
Investment Liberalization and Facilitation Toward AEC 2015
The paper examines the state of investment liberalization and facilitation in the Philippines and suggests policy measures to enable the...
The Impact of Trade Liberalization and Economic Integration on the Logistics Industry: Maritime Transport and Freight Forwarders
The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint targets an ASEAN single market in 2015. This is an ambitious reform agenda that...
Is the Pacific Alliance a Potential Pathway to the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific?
The establishment of a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) is one of the priorities of the Asia-Pacific Economic...
Sustaining the Competitiveness of Philippine Services
Competitive services are necessary for attaining inclusive and sustainable growth. Although the Philippines has notably succeeded in developing several globally...
The Philippines' Readiness for the TPP: Focus on Investor-State Dispute Settlement
While the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has seen some rough sailing with the United States' withdrawal, it remains the acknowledged state...
Surveying the Extent and Wage Consequences of Education-Job Mismatches in the Philippine Labor Market
Recognizing the need to analyze the education-skills gap in the developing economy context, this paper estimates the extent of education-employment...
Learning from Stories Behind Unexpected Results: A Qualitative Follow-up Study on the Third Impact Evaluation of 4Ps
This study examines the results of the third wave impact evaluation (IE3) of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program...
The Philippine Journal of Development (PJD) is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal published biannually by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). It serves as a platform for disseminating policy-oriented research on development issues, including the economy, business, public administration, foreign relations, sociology, and political dynamics.
P-ISSN 2508-0954 • E-ISSN 2508-0849 • https://doi.org/10.62986/pjd