Mind the gap: Assessing worker-level labor productivity in the Philippine labor force

• Main Authors: Cabrera, Kristin Joelle S., Leyva, Arielle V., Lu, Jayby B., Yap, Patricia Claire K.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2021
• Subjects: Labor productivity > Philippines; Wages and labor productivity > Philippines; Labor productivity—Sex differences > Philippines; Labor Economics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_econ/24; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=etdb_econ
• Institution: De La Salle University

Existing measures on labor productivity assume homogeneity in labor input as a factor of production. The labor pool as opposed to homogeneous inputs consists of widely disparate individuals who produce different levels of output with their own distinct set of qualities. With this, we analyze the dis...