LABSTAT Updates
EMPLOYMENT AND GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
COMPARISONS OF TRENDS AND PATTERNS: 2001-2006
(Fourth of a Series)
(Vol. 11 No. 7)

This LABSTAT is the fourth of a series focusing on data coherence between employment and gross domestic product (GDP). This issue examines the connection between output and employment at the regional level and how this relates with labor market outcomes.

 

Regional Comparisons

          A comparative analysis of regional employment and gross regional domestic product (GRDP) data is another approach for validating the coherence between the two data sets. It is also useful in examining the link between output and employment and how these affect regional labor market outcomes across regional groupings.

          The regional distribution of GRDP is seen to be highly uneven and heavily biased towards few developed regions. As shown in Figure 4, about one-third (31.9%) of the nation’s output in 2005 was produced in NCR which accounted for just one-eight (12.7%) of the total employed workforce (Figure 5). This is in sharp contrast with the twelve regions that collectively accounted for one-half (50.0%) of total employed, but together produced only a little less than one-third (32.8%) of GDP. In between these extremes were the four (4) moderately developed regions comprised of Region IV-A, Region III, Region VI and Region VII, which collectively accounted for 35.3% of GDP and 37.3% of employment.

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     Statistics
 Philippine Labor Index
     presented in Annual
     Conference of the PSA

- Na meron 1.357
   milyong
   “employer” o
   yung mga
   nagtatrabaho o
   nagpapatakbo ng
   sarili nilang

 - Halos 70.0 porsiyento (925,000)
   sa mga “employer”ay nasa edad
   na 25 hanggang 54 taong gulang
   o tinatawag na “prime working
   age”.  Samantala, 33 bahagdan o
   448,000 ay nakaabot at
   nakapagtapos ng kolehiyo.
 - Mas marami ang nagtatrabaho
   ng walong oras at higit pa (51.5%
   o 699,000) kaysa sa mga
   nagtatrabaho ng mas mababa sa
   walong oras kada linggo (48.5% o
   658,000).  Halos tatlo (3) sa
   bawat apat (4) na ganitong
   manggagawa (74.6 o 1.012
   milyon) ay ulo ng kanilang
   pamilya (head of the family).
 - Matatagpuan ang karamihan ng
  “employer” sa industriya ng
   agrikultura, pangangaso at
   kagubatan (55.19% o 748,000);
   kalakalan o “wholesale and retail
   trade” ( 11.7% o 291,000);  at
   transportasyon, storage at
   komunikasyon (31.0% o 1.061
   milyon).

Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES)
is located at:
3/F DOLE Bldg., Intramuros 1002, Manila, Philippines