Structural Inequality in the Philippines: Oligarchy, (Im)mobility and Economic Transformation

• Main Authors: Tuaño, Philip Arnold, Cruz, Jerik
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: Income inequality; Economic development; Political economy; Economic sectors; Economic hardship; World Bank; Employment; Economics
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/58; https://www.jstor.org/stable/26842378?seq=1
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Over the past four decades, the Philippines has achieved significant advances in its growth performance and has undergone a series of transformations in its political, economic and social structures. However, while average incomes have risen, the country’s record in terms of generating quality emplo...