Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/127902 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2005-20
Publisher: 
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Makati City
Abstract: 
This paper demonstrates how family size can be an important contributor to poverty in the Philippines. It examines one of the mechanisms behind this link by focusing on the relation between number of children and the decision to seek a job and parents' wage earnings. It surveys the international literature to establish how the problem has been approached and what the results are for other countries. It then formulates and tests a model using a nationally representative household survey data for the Philippines to explain what determines the decision to seek a job and the earnings of both mothers and fathers. The model specifically considered the endogeneity of the number of children in both the labor force participation and the earnings equations.
Subjects: 
Philippines
family size
labor force participation
earnings
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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