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Income distribution in rice-growing villages during the post-Green Revolution periods: the Philippine case, 1985 and 1998
This paper aims to examine changes in household income sources and its impact on household income distribution in the post-Green Revolution periods in 1985 and 1998 in the rural Philippines.
The questionnaire was administered in 4 rounds over two years to approximately 450 households.
Early childhood nutrition and academic achievement
Early childhood nutrition is thought to be an important input into subsequent academic achievement.
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Egalité des sexes et investissements dans les adolescents dans les zones rurales des Philippines
Les adolescents qui, selon la définition de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé, sont les personnes âgées de 10 à 19 ans, constituent jusqu’à 20 pour cent de la population du globe.
Many studies have looked at the way resources are distributed to men, women, and especially to small children, but one age group within the family has been largely ignored: the adolescents.
Endogeneity of schooling in the wage function
This paper evaluates the effect (in terms of private returns) of investment in education on wages in the rural Philippines.
Income and equity effects of crop productivity growth under alternative foreign trade regimes: a CGE analysis for the Philippines
Does a restrictive foreign trade regime reduce the effectiveness of agricultural productivity growth in promoting overall income growth and equity?
Is there an intrahousehold 'flypaper effect'?
Are public transfers targeted toward children largely neutralized by the household, as the theory of altruism implies, or is there an intrahousehold “flypaper effect” whereby such transfers “stick” to the child?
Income effects of alternative trade policy adjustments on Philippine rural households
Three types of trade policy adjustments to deal with an unsustainable current account deficit are examined in this paper for their economywide income and equity effects, based on the results of simulation experiments using a CGE model of the Phil
Income and equity effects of crop productivity growth under alternative foreign trade regimes
Does a restrictive foreign trade regime reduce the effectiveness of agricultural productivity growth in promoting overall income growth and equity?
The Philippine growth experience may be described as a case of agriculture-led development that failed.