Browsing by Author "Syhongpan, Hazel D."
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Item Restricted Gender equality in numbers: the effects of gender composition on the performance of Philippine industries(2020-12-22) Aurelio, Juan Alberto B.; Syhongpan, Hazel D.; Epetia, Ma. Christina F.Much attention has been given to gender diversity following the concerns on women empowerment. With the surge of more support for gender equality in society, more laws and programs are brought up to balance the gender demographics. Progressive workforce have started to implement gender quotas in recent years to promote this idea, and more opportunities are being given to women, allowing for a more competitive labor market between genders. This results in more demo-graphical data on gender, and the effect of gender equality in the economical aspect can now be tested with statistics. This paper aims to contribute to the existing literature on the impact of gender composition to performance and expand it to the context of the Philippines and at industry-level measures. Using labor productivity and net profits as indicators of industry performance and categorical dummies for male- and female- dominating industries as the measure for gender composition, this study seeks to identify the relationship between the two. The random effects regression model is used on panel data containing 17 out of 21 sections of Philippine industries following the 2009 PSIC classification over the span of five years. The results show that there exists a negative relationship between gender-dominating industries and the industry performance indicators, implying that relatively gender-equal industries perform better and are therefore more profitable and productive. Further studies on gender- equal industries are recommended upon the availability of industry-level data in the Philippines.