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Working Papers

2025

1. Do Men Matter for Fertility Outcomes? Evidence from Spousal Dynamics in the Philippines
   Discussion Papers, Philippine Institute for Development Studies
2. Does Carework Impair Teachers’ Capacity to Pursue Advanced Studies in Education? Exploring Results from a Mixed-Methods Approach
   Discussion Papers, Philippine Institute for Development Studies
3. Linguistic Mismatch and Learning Productivity: Evidence from Mother Tongue-based Education in the Philippines
   Discussion Papers, Philippine Institute for Development Studies
4. Promise and Growing Pains in Curriculum Reform: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of MATATAG K-To-10 Curriculum's First-Year Pilot Implementation
   Discussion Papers, Philippine Institute for Development Studies
5. Strengthening and Expanding Government Assistance for Private Education
   Discussion Papers, Philippine Institute for Development Studies
6. Teaching through Transition: What Influences Teachers’ Practices amidst Curriculum Reform?
   Discussion Papers, Philippine Institute for Development Studies
7. The Impact of Curriculum Reform on Teacher Workload: A Multidimensional Time-Use Analysis
   Discussion Papers, Philippine Institute for Development Studies View citations (1)
8. Using the Framework Method for the Analysis of Triadic Interview Data: Process Notes from a Curriculum Review
   Discussion Papers, Philippine Institute for Development Studies

2024

9. Spikes in Power Prices: Unravelling Grid Congestion
   Department of Economics, Ateneo de Manila University, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Ateneo de Manila University

2019

10. Expanding Health Insurance for the Elderly of the Philippines
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics (2019) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Expanding health insurance for the elderly of the Philippines, Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2022) View citations (3) (2022)
11. National-to-Local Aid and Recovery from Extreme Weather Events: Evidence from the Philippines
    ADB Economics Working Paper Series, Asian Development Bank View citations (1)

2018

12. Decentralization and Health in the Philippines: A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidences
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences

2017

13. Can Cheap Oil Hurt Net Importers? Evidence from the Philippines
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (2)
14. Human Capital Spending, Inequality, and Growth in Middle-Income Asia
    ADB Economics Working Paper Series, Asian Development Bank View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Human Capital Spending, Inequality, and Growth in Middle-Income Asia, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals (2018) View citations (59) (2018)
15. The Triple Burden of Disease
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (1)

2016

16. Estimation of Panel Vector Autoregression in Stata: a Package of Programs
    Working Papers, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics View citations (436)
17. Measuring the Financial Shocks of Natural Disasters: A Panel Study of U.S. States
    Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
    See also Journal Article Measuring the Financial Shocks of Natural Disasters: A Panel Study of U.S. States, National Tax Journal, National Tax Association (2018) View citations (17) (2018)

2011

18. Contagious Migration: Evidence from the Philippines
    UP School of Economics Discussion Papers, University of the Philippines School of Economics

Journal Articles

2026

1. School closures, shelter-use and learning outcomes in the philippines: evidence from 2019 TIMSS
   Economics of Education Review, 2026, 110, (C)

2024

2. Compulsory kindergarten education and early teenage literacy in the Philippines
   International Journal of Educational Development, 2024, 109, (C) View citations (1)
3. Residential electricity consumption over the demographic transition in the Philippines
   The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2024, 27, (C) View citations (1)

2023

4. Extreme Weather Events and Local Fiscal Responses: Evidence from U.S. Counties
   Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, 2023, 7, (1), 93-115 View citations (9)

2022

5. Expanding health insurance for the elderly of the Philippines
   Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2022, 37, (3), 500-520 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Expanding Health Insurance for the Elderly of the Philippines, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (2) (2019)

2021

6. Mapping inequalities in exclusive breastfeeding in low- and middle-income countries, 2000–2018
   Nature Human Behaviour, 2021, 5, (8), 1027-1045 View citations (2)
7. Population Aging and the Three Demographic Dividends in Asia
   Asian Development Review, 2021, 38, (1), 32-67 View citations (5)

2020

8. Natural Disasters and Financial Implications for Subnational Governments: Evidence from China
   Public Finance Review, 2020, 48, (1), 72-101 View citations (16)

2019

9. Mapping 123 million neonatal, infant and child deaths between 2000 and 2017
   Nature, 2019, 574, (7778), 353-358 View citations (6)

2018

10. Human Capital Spending, Inequality, and Growth in Middle-Income Asia
    Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2018, 54, (6), 1285-1303 View citations (59)
    See also Working Paper Human Capital Spending, Inequality, and Growth in Middle-Income Asia, ADB Economics Working Paper Series (2017) View citations (2) (2017)
11. Measuring the Financial Shocks of Natural Disasters: A Panel Study of U.S. States
    National Tax Journal, 2018, 71, (1), 11-44 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Measuring the Financial Shocks of Natural Disasters: A Panel Study of U.S. States, Center for Policy Research Working Papers (2016) (2016)

2016

12. Decomposing economic gains from population age structure transition in the Philippines
    The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2016, 8, (C), 19-27 View citations (3)
13. Estimation of panel vector autoregression in Stata
    Stata Journal, 2016, 16, (3), 778-804 View citations (507)

2015

14. Financing consumption over the lifecycle and overseas workers’ remittances: Findings from the 1999 and 2007 Philippine National Transfer Accounts
    The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2015, 5, (C), 69-78 View citations (5)