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    Cognitive ability, socioeconomic status, and school quality on academic performances of UP Diliman students
    (2016-12) Layug, Wilson Joseph I. ; Pariñas, Jose Miguel T. ; Tan, Edita A.
    This study aims to determine how well the marginalized students perform in the University of the Philippines, Diliman considering the disadvantages they may have encountered in their formal and informal education environment. A cross- sectional dataset is used in the study which is composed of 3,702 undergraduate students of the graduating batch of 2014. This study analyzes the influence of cognitive ability, school environment and socioeconomic background on academic performance and derives their direct and indirect effects to obtain their aggregate effect on academic performance. A Two-Stage Least Squares Model is used to estimate the factors affecting academic performance to omit the possible presence of multicollinearity. The result shows that the main determinant of academic performance is his or her cognitive ability. However, high school and socioeconomic background do not have a significant effect on the academic performance of a UP Diliman student.
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    The female headship in the Philippines: a poverty analysis
    (2005-04) Balatibat, Jayline M.; Nierras, Paula Katrina S.; Pernia, Ernesto
    The rise in the number of female-headed households is an indicator that models of marriage and family are changing. This trend has been observed in many countries including the Philippines. In development discourses, female headship is of significant interest due to the perceived notion that female headship is strongly correlated with poverty, and that female-headed households are worse off than their male counterparts. This paper is a case study on the female headship in the Philippines. Using FGT poverty indices and logistic regression, this paper suggests that female-headed households are not worse off than male-headed households, and that the poverty-female headship link is weak in the Philippines.
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    The effects of household structure and economic resources on child well-being
    (2005-04-01) Gatbonton, Anna Michelle P.; Pangan, Gregory George C.; Pernia, Ernesto
    The primary objective of this study is to examine the effects of household structure and economic resources on children's well being in the Philippines. Data from the 1998 National Demographic Health Survey are used in a series of logistic models to test hypotheses derived from the child well-being literature. The results provide support to the thesis that household structure and economic resources significantly affect children's well-being. Children living in single female-headed households are more likely to be vaccinated but less likely to attend school than children living in nuclear households. In terms of economic resources, children living in the poorest quintile are less likely to receive vaccination and to attend school than children living in the richest quintile. In addition to household structure and economic resources, other pertinent variables that have an effect on child well-being are also explored. Relevant variables such as caregiver characteristics (household head age, educational attainment, and female parent's labor force status), child characteristics, and community characteristic also show significant effects on child outcomes. Older and more educated heads and female parents in the labor force have children more likely to receive vaccination and attend school. Children with fewer siblings are better off as well. Being a female child and living in urban area also have positive effects on school attendance. Among the independent variables tested, household structure proved to be the most important variable in the model.
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    The impact of higher education on wage inequality
    (2007-04) De Leon, Kristina Paula D.; Laurio, Ma. Carmina C.; Alburo, Florian
    This study explores the effect of higher education on the dispersion of income and concludes that equalizing the distribution of college education, and additionally by providing the poor with good quality college education, will lead to lower inequality in wages. It estimates the rates of return to education between income groups. It finds that the middle wage earners derive the highest rates of return from education. It also finds evidence of gender gap in earnings and that this is more apparent among the poorest social classes. The study analyzes data from the Labor Force Survey from 2001 to 2003. Quantile Regression and Simulation are the empirical methods used.
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    Educational mobility: a study among low-income families in the Philippines in the years 1991 and 1994
    (2001-10) Escalona, Cora Rose Ann R.; Geronimo, Kristine Ann B.
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    Poverty, fertility and family size
    (2008-04) Villanueva, Christine Marjorie A.
    Economic and related literature on the Philippines and other countries point out different causes of poverty. The fact remains that demographic characteristics affect poverty which forms part of the big picture. This study relates some demographic characteristics such as fertility, family size, ideal number of children, literacy and religion to the incidence of poverty in the Philippine regions. By applying ordinary least squares analysis on household data provided by the National Demographic and Health Survey, Family Income and Expenditure Survey, Census of Population and Housing and Philippine Statistical Yearbook for 2003, the study finds that the said variables significantly affect the incidence of poverty. Family size and fertility have significant positive effects on poverty incidence. On the other hand, literacy negatively affects poverty. This study recommends that future readers and policy makers focus on regulating the rate of fertility and family size while improving the literacy of Filipinos, to put an end to the problem of poverty in the country.