This study analyzes labor market performance in the Philippines from the perspective of workers’ welfare. It argues that pervasive in-work poverty is the main challenge facing labor policy. Poverty is primarily due to low earning capacity of the poor and to their limited access to regular and productive jobs. Behind these are the two interrelated root causes of in-work poverty—low education of the poor, and the scarcity of productive job opportunities...
انظر المزيد
تفاصيل
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2015/12/01
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ورقة عمل
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113101
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2017/3/02
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Disclosed
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Employment and poverty in the Philippines
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labor force participation rate of woman