Money and Prices in the Philippines, 1981-1992: A Cointegration Analysis

Based largely on the work of Funke and Hall, estimation results indicate non-causality between money and price level attributed to the interplay of factors such as unstable political and economic environment. P* vector has no significance on potential output since Q instead of Q* has been used.monetary aggregates, causality, price level

Towards Improving the Export Price Index

This paper examines the methodology for computing the export price index used by the National Census and Statistics Office, evaluates this methodology and the problems arising from its use, discusses an alternative methodology and proposes the adoption of the revised methodology to make the present index series more relevant.export commodities, price index

Child Poverty in the Philippines: More Children Suffer as Poverty Rises

Who suffer most in times of poverty, crises, and calamities? What is the current situation of children in the Philippines amid poverty and hunger? Reyes and Tabuga show that as poverty worsens, more children suffer. Read more.poverty, child poverty

Towards Improving the Export Price Index

This paper examines the methodology for computing the export price index used by the National Census and Statistics Office, evaluates this methodology and the problems arising from its use, discusses an alternative methodology and proposes the adoption of the revised methodology to make the present index series more relevant.export commodities, price index

Stability Analysis of a Bose-Einstein Condensate Trapped in a Generic Potential

We investigate the dynamical behavior of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation for a Bose-Einstein condensate trapped in a spherical power law potential restricted to the repulsive case, from the dynamical system formalism point of view. A five-dimensional dynamical system is found (due the symmetry of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation interacting with a potential), where the Thomas-Fermi approximation constrains the parameter space of solutions. We show that for values of the power law exponent equal or smaller than 2 the system seems to be stable. However, when the corresponding exponent is bigger than 2, the instability of the system grows when the power law exponent grows, indicating that large values of the aforementioned parameter can be related to a loss in the number of particles from the condensed state. This fact can be used also to show that the stability conditions of the condensate are highly sensitive to the exponent associated with the external potential.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figure

Impact of Agrarian Reform on Poverty

Using panel data from about 1,500 farm households and estimating from a logit model, the study shows that agrarian reform has had a positive impact on farmer beneficiaries. It has led to higher real per capita incomes and reduced poverty incidence between 1990 and 2000. Compared to nonagrarian reform beneficiaries, agrarian reform beneficiaries tend to have higher incomes and lower poverty incidence. Moreover, complementary inputs such as irrigation, credit and government services tend to increase the chances of farmer beneficiaries to be nonpoor.agrarian reform, poverty, Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), agrarian reform beneficiaries

Restructuring the Philippine Statistical System in Response to New Challenges

For a national statistical system to continue to be useful and relevant to its clients and the general public, it has to occasionally undergo an exhaustive evaluation of its performance according to certain parameters. The Philippine statistical system had recently gone through such process. This Policy Notes provides a summary of the findings and recommendations of the evaluation.statistical system, Philippine Statistical System (PSS)