Philippines - Labor market review : employment and poverty : Philippines - Labor Market Review : Employment and Poverty (English)

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...

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Rutkowski,Jan Jerzy;

Okamura,Yuko;

Hamanaka,Rosechin Olfindo;

Avalos,Jorge Eduardo;
Document Date
2016/01/22
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
AUS8661
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Philippines,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2016/06/17
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Philippines - Labor Market Review : Employment and Poverty
Keywords
labor force participation rate of woman

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Rutkowski,Jan Jerzy; Okamura,Yuko; Hamanaka,Rosechin Olfindo; Avalos,Jorge Eduardo.

Philippines - Labor market review : employment and poverty : Philippines - Labor Market Review : Employment and Poverty (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/561291468294345143

Philippines - Labor market review : employment and poverty : Philippines - Labor Market Review : Employment and Poverty (English)

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