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Estimating the Modes of Labor Force Participation in the Philippines

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  • Michael Alba

    (School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman)

  • Emmanuel F. Esguerra

    (School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman)

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This study explores the correlates of various modes of labor force participation in the Philippines. Data from the Labor Force Survey of the third quarter of 1994 and the Family Income and Expenditures Survey of the same year are used to estimate the parameters of a mixed logit model in which potential income, a function of wage offers, constitutes the conditional variable and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics are the multinomial variables. The results suggest that (a) the probability of a worker?s being in a particular mode of labor force participation is a concave function of potential income in that mode, (b) unmarried male workers are the least likely to be fully employed, (c) years spent in high school and college increase both the probability of unemployed and of full employment, (d) the presence of elderly household members has a negative impact on the probabilities of invisible underemployment and full employment and a positive impact on the probabilities of unemployment and visible underemployment, and (e) in general, workers who reside outside of the National Capital Region have higher probabilities of unemployment and underemployment and lower probabilities of full employment.

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  • Michael Alba & Emmanuel F. Esguerra, 1999. "Estimating the Modes of Labor Force Participation in the Philippines," UP School of Economics Discussion Papers 199903, University of the Philippines School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:phs:dpaper:199903
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    1. Jesus Felipe & Yasuyuki Sawada & Gemma Estrada & Donna Faye Bajaro, 2020. "Why do Filipinos desire to work more hours?," Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, The Crawford School, The Australian National University, vol. 34(2), pages 106-132, November.
    2. Esguerra, Jude H. & Ogawa, Makoto & Vodopivec, Milan, 2002. "Options of public income support for the unemployed in the Philippines and social protection," Social Protection and Labor Policy and Technical Notes 25509, The World Bank.

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