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    Impact of children on household savings in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2005
    This paper examines the relationship between household savings and family size.
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    Impact assessment of national and regional policies using the Philippine Regional General Equilibrium Model (PRGEM)

    2009
    For the Philippines, quantitative policy analysis should incorporate regional differences in welfare and economic structure, which arise partly from geographic constraints. However, existing CGE models offer limited analysis of regional effects or national impacts of region-specific interventions, owing to the absence of key regional data.
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    Analysis of the impact of changes in the prices of rice and fuel on poverty in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    This study aims to assess the impact of rising prices of rice and fuel on poverty in the Philippines. In particular, the variations in the potential effects among different group of households were analyzed using household level data.
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    Estimation of the food poverty line

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    The measurement of poverty essentially hinges on choosing a welfare indicator, and setting a poverty line, i.e. a minimum value of the welfare indicator that households (or persons) must have to fulfill their basic needs.
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    Some statistical dimensions in the generation of Philippine poverty statistics

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    This paper presents some statistical issues and possible solutions in the estimation of Philippine Poverty Statistics based on the official methodology adopted. In particular, the paper shows the effect of survey weights used in the estimation of population counts, number of households, number of poor persons among others.
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    Small Area Estimation of poverty statistics

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    In response to high demands for lower level poverty estimates, the National Statistical Coordination Board releases provincial estimates, in addition to the national and regional, starting with the 1997 FIES. However, estimates of the coefficients of variation (CV) of several provincial estimates indicate that the resulting poverty measures are not reliable.
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    Issues on the Official Poverty Estimation Methodology in the Philippines: comparability of estimates across space and over time

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    In December 2000, the Philippines' NSCB Executive Board approved the resolution that provided for the computation of subsistence and poverty thresholds on an annual basis. Official poverty statistics were then available at the national and regional levels with urban-rural disaggregation.
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    A documentation of the Philippines` Family Income and Expenditure Survey

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    The quality of poverty estimates relies heavily on the data sources. One of the sources of data for poverty estimation in the Philippines is the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES). The FIES is the source of detailed information on income and expenditures of Filipino families.
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    A documentation of the annual Poverty Indicators Survey

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    In years when the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) is not conducted and when funds are available, the National Statistics Office administers the Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS). The APIS has been conducted in the years 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2007, and 2008. It presents the socioeconomic profile of Filipino families and other information relating to their living conditions.
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    Social insurance in the Philippines: responding to the global financial crisis and beyond

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    This paper aims to review and assess protection afforded by the Social Security System and the Government Service Insurance System, two out of the three agencies tasked with administering social insurance in the country.

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