Tecson, GwendolynBautista, Aimebelle Pauline B.Punzalan, Maria Theresa Carmela G.2025-01-302025-01-302009-10https://selib.upd.edu.ph/etdir/handle/123456789/4289This paper attempts to examine the effects of fiscal expenditures on education and health along with socio-economic and institutional factors on the dropout rates in the Philippine public elementary and secondary schools. This study uses per capita expenditure on education, per capita expenditure on health, pupil-teacher and student-teacher ratios, number of public schools, number of public hospitals, incidence of poor families, as well as location as indicators of the dropout rates across the Philippine regions over time.enDropout problemEudcationFiscal policyFiscal expendituresHealthPublic healthThesis