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    Number of children and its effect on the education spending of a Filipino household
    (2009-11) Destajo, Christopher A.; Larin, Jason Nicholas G.; Balisacan, Arsenio
    One way to achieve economic growth is by investing in human capital. However, the presence of large number of children can prohibit this investment and cause a poor household to stay or to fall into the poverty trap. This paper examines the relationship between educational spending and the number of school-age children in a Philippine household using the 2004 APIS data. The econometric model used was based on the fertility-education trade-off model. Results suggest that there is a negative and significant effect of the number of children to the per-child spending on education. This confirms the fertility and education trade-off established in the literature. The endogeneity of the number of children in the equation was also considered in the model. Other determinants of education spending such as household head characteristics and household income were also included in the model.
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    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.