This paper is a comparative dexriptive analysis of inflation in the Asian region. It looks at the level and movement, as well as the auses, of inflation in each ADB member country. The inflation rate is found to be generally low and double digit levels occurred only intermittently ue to external...

The paper investigates the degree of inequality of distribution of formal schooling in Thailand and how it intensifies as we move up to schooling ladder. It applies a constrained capital optimization model to explain the degree and movement of inequality. It shows how financial constraints on...

The Philippine financial system has failed to develop over the last three decades. M3/GNP ratio has not risen but has merely fluctuated around 22-25 percent. Wrong policies are blamed for the poor performance of the system. The current interest rate structure shows extremely wide differentials...

The analysis draws attention to the whole life cycle relationship between health, labor productivity and utility function. Man's health-biological (HB) cycle is inverted U-shaped. It has the obvious growth or upward sloping segment and a declining segment. The peak is considered to be the...

The paper documents the interlocking directories of banks with other financial and nonfinancial firms which belong to the top 1,000 corporations in the Philippines. Within the interlocked group of firms are the large conglomerates of leading families. Additionally there is interlocking within...

The paper reviews government policy on overseas contract workers and analyzes their remittances. Overseas employment has continued its upward trend up to the end of 1983 when the number of applicants processed for departure by the Philippine Overseas Employment Authority reached 444,208 as...

The first part of the paper gives a brief history of labor emigration; it also explains the Filipino's relatively high propensity to migrate by the country's colonial experience and the flexibility of its labor market. It then applies the life cycle consumption theory to families who receive...