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201106: Contagious Migration: Evidence from the Philippines

Michael Abrigo and Desiree Desierto

201105: The Strategy Dilemma: Why Big Business Moves Seldom Pan Out as Planned

Niceto Poblador

201104: Is Government Really Solving the Housing Problem?

Toby Monsod

201103: The Demand for Unfair Gambles: Why Illegal Lotteries Persist

Desiree Desierto, John Nye and Jema Pamintuan

201102: Trends in Grades, UP School of Economics

Gwendolyn Tecson

201101: Population, Poverty, Politics and the Reproductive Health Bill

Ernesto Pernia

201012: A Multi-Level Choice Theory

Raul Fabella

201011: Household choices, circumstances and equity of access to basic health and education services in the Philippines

Joseph Capuno and Aleli Kraft

201010: Leadership and Innovation under Decentralization: A Case Study of Selected Local Governments in the Philippines

Joseph Capuno

201009: MDG 1 in the Philippines: Setting the Scores Right and Achieving the Targets

Arsenio Balisacan

201008: The Philippine Economy and Poverty During the Global Economic Crisis

Arsenio Balisacan, Sharon Piza, Dennis Mapa, Carlos Abad Santos and Donna Odra

201007: Spotlighting on High Economic Growth, Employment of the Poor, and Poverty Reduction: A Three-Pronged Strategy

Gerardo Sicat

201006: Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality in the Philippines

Rana Hasan and Karl Robert Jandoc

201005: Firm Characteristics as Determinants of Views on the Minimum Wage Policy

Gerardo Sicat

201004: The Case of the Missing Remittances in the FIES: Could it be causing us to mismeasure welfare changes?

Geoffrey Ducanes

201003: Determinants of Outcomes of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in Infrastructure in Asia

Renato Reside and Amado Mendoza, Jr.

201002: Gatekeeper Versus Auctioneer: A Non-Tatonnement Result

Emmanuel de Dios and Grace Ong

201001: Spatial development and the law of one price: Evidence of convergence of land values

Joseph Capuno

200914: Global Crises and Reform of the International Monetary System

Maria Socorro Gochoco-Bautista

200913: Labor Policies and Philippine Companies: Analysis of Survey Opinions

Gerardo Sicat

200912: An examination of Philippine monetary policy rules

Carlos Bautista

200911: Determinants of Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Remittances

Renato Reside

200910: Earning trust with transparency: Performance ratings and trust in local officials in the Philippines

Joseph Capuno and Maria Melody Garcia

200909: Market Power in the Philippine Power Market

Rolando Danao

200908: What difference can performance ratings make? Difference-in-difference estimates of impact on local government responsiveness in the Philippines

Joseph Capuno and Maria Melody Garcia

200907: Motives and Giving Norms Behind Remittances: The Case of Filipino Overseas Workers and their Recipient Households

Michael Alba and Jessaine Soraya Sugui

200906: Determinants of Student Performance in the Introductory Economics Course in UP

Gerardo Sicat and Kristine Joy Briones

200905: High School Background and Academic Performance

Gerardo Sicat and Marian Panganiban

200904: Smith’s Economic Morals: An Introduction

Emmanuel de Dios

200903: The Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances in the Philippines

Cayetano Paderanga

200815: Men and Women in the Philippine Work Place: A Supply of Labor Analysis

Gerardo Sicat

200814: Two Short Memoirs on the Development of Philippine Social Sciences

Gerardo Sicat

200813: Is Labor Export Good Development Policy?

Ernesto Pernia

200812: Unlimited and Abundant Labor Supply: Econometric and Other Evidence in Philippine Industry

Gerardo Sicat

200811: The quality of jobs in the Philippines: Comparing self-employment with wage employment

Rana Hasan and Karl Robert Jandoc

200810: Population Growth and Infant Mortality

Ma. Cristina Fabella

200809: Health, Education and the Household: Explaining Poverty Webs

Stella Luz Quimbo, Aleli Kraft and Joseph Capuno

200808: Can information about local government performance induce civic participation? Evidence from the Philippines

Joseph Capuno and Maria Melody Garcia

200807: Economic Models on the Motives behind Migrant Workers’ Remittances

Michael Alba

200806: Institutional Constraints on Philippine Growth

Emmanuel de Dios

200805: Secular Morality and the University

Emmanuel de Dios

200804: The Philippines: Fiscal Behavior In Recent History

Benjamin Diokno

200803: The Peso Appreciation and the Sustainability of Philippine Growth: Need We Worry?

Raul Fabella

200802: Philippine GDP Growth After the Asian Financial Crisis: Resilient Economy or Weak Statistical System?

Felipe Medalla and Karl Robert Jandoc

200801: Migration, Remittances, Poverty and Inequality The Philippines

Ernesto Pernia

200711: Justice and Cost of Doing Business: The Philippines

Ma. Lourdes Sereno, Emmanuel de Dios and Joseph Capuno

200710: Infrastructure in Philippine Development

Cayetano Paderanga

200709: The Philippine Economic Mystery

Robert Nelson

200708: Population as Public Interest

Ernesto Pernia

200707: Lacking a backbone: The controversy over the National Broadband Network and Cyber-education projects

Raul Fabella and Emmanuel de Dios