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The Case of the Missing Remittances in the FIES : Could it be causing us to mismeasure welfare changes?

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    (School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman)

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This paper highlights the increasing underreporting of remittances by the FIES compared to BSP and World Bank figures, advances possible reasons why such underreporting is occurring, and examines its implications for welfare measurement in the country at points in time and across time. Using simulation exercises, the paper finds that indeed the "missing remittances" in the FIES could be causing the mismeasurement of poverty and inequality since 1997, possibly clouding the direction of welfare change.

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  • Geoffrey Ducanes, 2010. "The Case of the Missing Remittances in the FIES : Could it be causing us to mismeasure welfare changes?," UP School of Economics Discussion Papers 201004, University of the Philippines School of Economics.
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    2. Ducanes, Geoffrey. & Abella, Manolo I., 2008. "Overseas Filipino workers and their impact on household poverty," ILO Working Papers 994112233402676, International Labour Organization.
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    2. Edita A. Tan, 2012. "The Financial Crisis, Oil Price Hike, the Arab Spring and Foreign Demand for Filipino Workers," UP School of Economics Discussion Papers 201211, University of the Philippines School of Economics.
    3. Arsenio M. Balisacan, 2010. "MDG 1 in the Philippines: Setting the Scores Right and Achieving the Targets," UP School of Economics Discussion Papers 201009, University of the Philippines School of Economics.

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