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    Wage determinants: a case study of Filipino overseas workers in Oman
    (1987-01) Gerente, Nestor; De Ocampo, Leonard; Alonzo, Ruperto
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    A socio-economic analysis of Filipino overseas seabased workers
    (1988-02-28) Orani, Prudencia R.; Manzano, Raymund M.; Natividad, Fidelina
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    Analysis of shifts of Filipino labour migration from middle east to Asia
    (2002-10) Alegre, Sigrid E.; Capule, Julie Ann C.; Alburo, Florian A.
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    A study of the welfare of overseas Filipino worker supported households in Jones, Isabela
    (2002-10) Duran, Marie Christine A.; Panganiban, Rona Katrina C.
    The years since 1980 have brought a steady sequence of human capital outflow from the Philippines. Consequently, the Philippines has found its own niche and seized an important share of the world market for human capital exports. The idea of writing this paper came out of our own experience as part of a family with an OFW as bread winner and as an individual and a part of greater a community with a growing number of OFWs. Thus, we perceived two main questions in our my minds. The first was the correlation of an OFW breadwinner with its household welfare and second, was the need to understand the factors that affects the probability of being poor through the different demographics/characteristics of the OFW. We found that published books and papers did not adequately meet this challenges. Most deal with the macroeconomic impact of remittances, savings, and dollar reserves on the country. As a result, the microeconomic level - the households in particular, are left unnoticed. This paper is our attempt to provide an up-to-date analysis of the impact (both economically and socially) of an OFW supported households in a specific town. In analyzing this subject, our approach is to use two types of regression analysis that use first hand information to explain these challenges. The paper also attempts to give recommendations to further uplift the economic welfare of the OFWs and its left behind households.
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    The impact of overseas Filipino workers' remittances on the education expenditures of Philippine households
    (2004-03) Marcelo, Katrina Carr De Guzman; Ulep, Maria Crescencia Parojinog; Quimbo, Stella
    In the Philippines, studies have been conducted on the impact of Overseas Filipino Worker remittances on various areas such as savings and the Balance of Payment account. However, the notion that Filipinos migrate abroad to be able to finance the education of their children has largely been taken for granted, and has yet to be explored This paper examines the impact of OFW remittances on the family's educational expenditure. Using the Ordinary Least Squares regression method on the 1998 Annual Poverty Indicator Survey. the ratio of remittances to total expenditures was formulated. This variable emphasizes the extent of the household's dependence on remittances as a source of income. It bas exhibited that the more dependent the family is on remittances, the greater is ·their expenditure on education; thus, verifying the impression that Filipinos work abroad to be able to increase their financial capacity in order to send their children to school. The OFW remittances variable was determined to have a positive effect on educational spending. In effect. confirming the perception that OFW remittances serve as a channel for investments in education. This belief is further reinforced by results that have indicated that remittances are positively correlated with the net enrollment ratio at the secondary level. However, the elasticity model reveals that relative to remittances, expenditure on education is more responsive to changes in total income, net of remittances. Results also indicate that relative to the loss of a job by an OFW family member, domestic unemployment is more likely to· decrease the family's spending on education. This in effect. highlights the need for active government participation in crafting policies that will entice a potential OFW to choose to work within the nation. However, given the country's current high population growth rate and unemployment levels, overseas employment is inevitable. Policies should then be aimed at encouraging the Filipino overseas worker to direct their remittances to more productive activities, such as investing in education as opposed to investing in residential infrastructures. Furthermore, policies designed to facilitate the transfer of remittances from OFWs to their families should be strengthened.
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    Evaluating the major determinants of the growth in OFW remittances
    (2006-04) Apos, Ria Liza Lou E.; Mungcal, Marion Joyce C.; Bautista, Ma. Socorro G.
    This study looks at the three major determinants of the growth in OFW remittances, namely, the increased number of deployed Filipino workers categorized as either supply-side push factor or demand-side pull factor, deployment of higher-paid skilled and professional Filipino workers, and the greater access of OFW s to remittance channels of the Philippines. Examining the trends of these factors gives conclusions on how they affect the growing OFW remittances.
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    Migration and human capital: a case study on overseas Filipino nurses
    (2006-04) Baniqued, Reyda E.; Marquez, Robie Rina G.; Tan, Edita
    This paper presents the qualifications and requirements overseas Filipino nurses acquire in order to go to their desired destinations, especially to the United States. The framework used is the Human Capital Model that assumes that people are utility maximizers, and that they take a lifetime perspective when making choices about investments. This paper utilizes a descriptive analytic case study and net present value analysis. The patterns and contents of the data gathered reveal that each destination has different qualifications, and the nurses who possess the needed qualities and requirements are the ones who are able to go. Destinations paying higher wages have more stringent requirements than countries offering lower wages. Thus, nurses who go to higher wage paying destination invest more on human capital than nurses who go to lower wage paying countries. The net present value of future benefits of investments associated with migration yields amount of returns for the different destination countries that is higher than what nurses will gain if they work in the Philippines. This makes migration a worthy investment for Filipino nurses.
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    Socio-demographic characteristics of OFW households in the city of Pasay
    (2009-10) Abergas, Maria Andrea S.; Coronel, Aira Juana M.
    This study investigates the factors affecting the decision of a household for one of the members to work abroad for the municipality of Pasay. The theoretical framework used in this paper is the behavioral model of mobility, which stresses the influence of personal attributes of all the members of the household, aside from economic and other non-economic considerations, in the decision of the individual to work abroad. Specifically, the socio-demographic characteristics of the household head, spouse, and child taken into account are the following: gender, age, level of education, employment, and marital status. The presence of other members not part of the nuclear family is also considered. Using the logistic regression model, the following personal characteristics increase the probability of having at least one Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) in the household: age of at least 21 years and level of education of at least high school of the household head; age and college level of education of the child; and the presence of other members in the household. However, the following characteristics decrease the said likelihood: gender, age of at most 20 years, and employment of the household head; age and high school level of education of the spouse; high school level of education of the child; and the number of employed individuals in the household. Further study on the subject on which socio-demographic characteristics affect the decision of who among the household members will work abroad is recommended.
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    Factors affecting the manner of sending remittances home
    (2009-04) Anabo, Michael Patrick; Manzano, Katrina Ross; Pernia, Ernesto
    Remittances have been a popular topic because of their significant contribution to the development of Third World countries like the Philippines. However, previous studies have failed to consider the importance of the manner of sending these remittances. This study aims to examine the socio-demographic characteristics of OFWs that affect their choice of remittance mode. Not only is this study geared towards facilitating the shift from formal to informal modes but also in promoting the use of banks. Through logistical regression analysis, education is shown to have a significant influence in choosing banks over other modes. Moreover, OFW's region of origin seems to matter. Further, other factors such as age, length of stay abroad, occupation and country of destination appear to be important as well.