This paper comprehensively reviews the developments in the education and labor markets in the Philippines in the past … 25 years. It highlights the trends on how the labor market used educated workers. It also reviews how education has …

This thesis combines five essays in the fields of Labor Economics and the Economics of Education. The goal of the … their labor supply. The thesis is motivated by the notion that policies at different institutional levels (e.g., at the … peer groups for student outcomes in post-secondary education. Many university entrants rely on friends and study partners …

presented. The key finding is that both preservice education and in-service training are positively correlated with labor … productivity. The productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is enhanced by a higher level of skills and education … that competitiveness is enhanced both by raising the general level of education in the workforce and by encouraging …