John Paolo Rivera, a senior research fellow at the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), has urged Muntinlupa ...

Education graduates tend to earn more when their jobs match their academic training, while licensure alone was not ...

Philippine firms need to strengthen their skills, meet regional standards, and build business networks to take advantage of ...

This Policy Note examines whether parent-child discussions about puberty and sexuality are associated with adolescent sexual behaviors among Filipino youth. The findings indicate that such discussions ...

This Policy Note highlights the important role of educational aspirations in shaping the academic trajectories of Filipino youth. It finds that children who aspire to attain higher levels of education ...

The Philippines needs better labor-market data to identify often-invisible workers who power artificial intelligence (AI) and document their working conditions, an international economist said. Alexis ...

Many older Filipinos who are not officially classified as poor remain economically vulnerable. This suggests that poverty rates alone may fail to identify many seniors who could benefit from social ...

Violence poses serious risks to adolescent health and development. However, evidence on how these experiences vary by sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression (SOGIE) remains limited in low ...

Nearly one in four Filipino adolescents falls behind in school by age 18, according to findings from one of the country’s most extensive studies tracking child and adolescent development. Researchers ...

Parents play the most influential role in shaping children’s career goals, highlighting the importance of family support in breaking intergenerational poverty. Nearly half of respondents (47.3%) to ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to disrupt traditional career pathways, reduce demand for routine work, and expose major gaps in the Philippines’ readiness, according to experts and ...

How do we make healthcare payments fairer—for both patients and providers? On April 29, Dr. Frances Dominique V. Ho of the PIDS Health Economics and Finance Program (HEFP) presented “Kabayarang Sapat, ...