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Item Restricted The study of job opportunities of elementary school graduates(1982-03) Millena, Baltazara Ma.; Moreno, HonorataItem Restricted Some factors of educational wastage in the Philippine public elementary school system: a statistical study and an overview(1980-04-01) Ricarte, Jacqueline G.; Tasic, Marieta T.; Fabella, Raul V.Item Restricted Impact of community health resources on elementary school participation: Pasay City case(2010-04) Aclan, Dennis Bryan; Gregorio, Patrick Jayson; Esguerra, Emmanuel F.Education plays a crucial role in the economic growth and development of a nation. Various studies contributing to the economic literature has confirmed that indeed, education is an effective way to combat poverty and lessen inequality among citizens. One can look at education outcomes in number of ways; one of them is through school participation. Some studies have established a relationship between the health status of the child and his/her cognitive level. Studies on this subject have prompted us to explore more about this relationship. This study looks into how the level of health resources available in the community where the child lives affects his/her schooling participation. Using detailed census data of households in Pasay City, this thesis sought to determine how community level health resources affect the propensity of a child to participate in school. Results of this study confirm that health resources have a statistically significant effect on school participation after controlling for other individual and household variables. The effect of community-level health resources is found to be greater for females compared to that of males. The presence of health facilities (i.e. hospitals) in the barangay has the largest effect among the variables of interest. This is also true even for the gender-disaggregated model. This study supports the hypothesis that children living in community with good health resources are more likely to participate in school and therefore be more productive citizens in the long run. With improved health resources as a starting point, this result can be replicated for the whole country making it possible for us to attain our MDG of having 100% school participation by 2015. Achieving universal access to education will serve as the country's stepping stone towards a sustainable economic growth and development.Item Restricted Effects of conditional cash transfers on elementary school participation in the Philippines: an analysis(2008-10) Elpusan, Neil Everett B.Will a Filipino household send its children to school given an additional income in the form of cash? The answer to this question will confirm whether or not the conditional cash transfer program, which was found to be effective in Latin American countries and the Caribbean in promoting human capital accumulation among poor households, is effective in the Philippines in its end. Since the program has been implemented only early this year in January, there are no data yet which will attest to its effectiveness in the country. This study looks into the factors influencing the schooling decision of Filipino households. From these factors, it focuses on total household income, the variable used to proxy for the cash transfer, and examines whether this will have a bearing on the decision of Filipino households to send their children to school.