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The results of the January 2016 Labor Force Survey (LFS) of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) indicated that decent work gains have been achieved particularly in terms of generating quality employment. Employment expanded by 2.0% (+752,000), year-on-year, accompanied by a decline in both the unemployment rate (5.8% from 6.6%) and part-time employment by 12.8% (12.506 million from 14.335 million). Further, vulnerable employment rate went down considerably to 33.4% from 39.4%. In contrast, underemployment rate notably went up to 19.7% from 17.9%, year-on-year.
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The proportion of unemployed men was higher (63.2%) than unemployed women (36.8%). However, improvement in the unemployment rate for men (5.9% from 6.4%) was noted compared to the unemployment rate of women, which remained unchanged (5.3% from 5.3%).
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The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) organized the “Introduction to Impact Evaluation: A Training Workshop for the DOLE Inter-Agency on Research and Statistical Matters (DOLE IAC-RSM)” held at Richmond Hotel in Pasig City on 10 December 2015.
The workshop was facilitated by the Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the world’s poor through research and technical assistance.
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For 2015, ILS was able to produce 14 researches along the areas of Labor Market Analysis, Program Assessment, and Policy Research. The said papers were presented during the 4th Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Research Conference held in Bayview Hotel on December 2-3, 2015.
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As part of its moral renewal program, the Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) headed by OIC-Executive Director Mary Grace L. Riguer participated in a feeding program last December 07, 2015 at Hospicio de San José, Manila.
The ILS staff, assisted by Hospicio’s social workers actively and patiently took the time to feed and spend time with persons with special needs (PSN). Scheduled as lunch, the feeding took place in the Hospicio’s playground area. The last time ILS conducted a feeding program in the institution was in December 2013.