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More than a year before President Duterte issued Executive Order 52 prohibiting illegal contracting and subcontracting on May 1, Labor Day, this paper..

Band-Aid is being taped over the gaping wound of joblessness. Government is succumbing to the loudest outcry, for now, to illegalize “endo,&rdqu..

Calls for ending the practice of service contracting in the Philippines will be disastrous to the economy since it will result in the unemployment of ..

Can success -- or at least a materially comfortable life -- be predicted? Yes, if the Brookings Institution is to be believed: get at least a high sch..

Before there was Francis Magalona, there was his grandfather, Enrique Magalona, assemblyman for Negros Occidental. In 1936, he wrote a letter to the p..

A recent achievement of the country has not been given the consideration it deserves. This pertains to the increase in average real wages, which was a..

In the aftermath of the 2016 election, labor leaders and their political allies pushed for an immediate end to the so-called employment “contractual..

HIGHER across-the-board wages run the risk of limiting the employment prospects of less experienced workers and women, according to a paper published ..

Increasing the legal minimum wages (LMWs) is seen as more detrimental to the welfare of workers particularly the young and inexperienced, less educate..

The President and the country’s top businessmen found common ground on the various economic issues affecting the country during a dinner meeting..

The government’s plan to end endo, or contractualization, could lead to layoffs and greater inequality in the country, according to a study rele..

THE government should carefully weigh its policy options on “endo,” or temporary employment contracts (TEC), because immediately ending th..

It is commonly believed that mandating higher legal minimum wages (LMWs) is needed to help the poor earn a level of income that would allow them healt..

The Philippines is at a crossroad. It can choose to continue to follow current unrealistic policies that despite good intentions have been shown to be..

This fourth issue of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Economic Policy Monitor (EPM) focuses on the need to pursue inclusive growth through the expansion of quality job opport..