Stubborn Unemployment and Employment Vulnerability in the Midst of Economic Growth: The Philippine Case

Added Title

DLSU-AKI Policy Brief Volume I, No. 2

Authors

Emily Christi A. Cabegin, University of the Philippines System
Lawrence B. Dacuycuy, De La Salle University, Manila
Michael M. Alba, De La Salle University, Manila

Document Type

Policy Brief

Publication Date

2009

Place of Publication

DLSU-Angelo King Institute, Room 223, LS building, 2401 Taft Avenue, Manila 0922

Abstract

The Philippines was ushered into the new millennium with an economic expansion associated with domestic labor market conditions, unlike those of the last decade of the twentieth century. Characterized by a worsening, even-though-already-high, open unemployment rate and underemployment and a persistently pervasive vulnerable employment, the economy provided a bleak picture for workers in marked contrast to the more inclusive nature of the growth episode in the 1990s (before the Asian financial crisis).

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Recommended Citation

Cabegin, E. A., Dacuycuy, L. B., & Alba, M. M. (2009). Stubborn Unemployment and Employment Vulnerability in the Midst of Economic Growth: The Philippine Case. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/res_aki/144

Disciplines

Growth and Development | Labor Economics

Keywords

Economic Expansion; Employment; Unemployment; Philippines

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