Labor market - Matches

Between married couples, who should do what at home?Men may often be associated with doing the hard work, while women are perceived as the one tending..

Can success -- or at least a materially comfortable life -- be predicted? Yes, if the Brookings Institution is to be believed: get at least a high sch..

DESPITE being more empowered than women in other Asian countries, women in the Philippines are still bound by gender roles when it comes to labor forc..

WOMEN remain bound by traditional gender roles, limiting their participation in the work force, according to a study published by state think tank Phi..

Housework keeps millions of women from accessing employment opportunities, according to state-owned think tank Philippine Institute for Development St..

Housework shapes the invaluable role that women play in the society. However, given that the time allocated to housework affects the time spent on mar..

Before there was Francis Magalona, there was his grandfather, Enrique Magalona, assemblyman for Negros Occidental. In 1936, he wrote a letter to the p..

A recent achievement of the country has not been given the consideration it deserves. This pertains to the increase in average real wages, which was a..

In the aftermath of the 2016 election, labor leaders and their political allies pushed for an immediate end to the so-called employment “contractual..

HIGHER across-the-board wages run the risk of limiting the employment prospects of less experienced workers and women, according to a paper published ..

Increasing the legal minimum wages (LMWs) is seen as more detrimental to the welfare of workers particularly the young and inexperienced, less educate..

The President and the country’s top businessmen found common ground on the various economic issues affecting the country during a dinner meeting..

The government’s plan to end endo, or contractualization, could lead to layoffs and greater inequality in the country, according to a study rele..

THE government should carefully weigh its policy options on “endo,” or temporary employment contracts (TEC), because immediately ending th..

It is commonly believed that mandating higher legal minimum wages (LMWs) is needed to help the poor earn a level of income that would allow them healt..