The analysis of the NHA matrices from 1991 to 1997 reveals four main trends. One, total health expenditures have been increasing in both real and per capita terms. But health and financial indicators suggest that the money have not always been spent wisely. Two, the share of family out-of-pocket...

Outward migration data from the Philippines exhibit spatial clustering. This is likely due to information spillover effects-­-fellow migrants share information with other neighboring migrants, thereby lowering the costs of migration. To verify this, we use spatial econometrics to define a...