The dissertation seeks to profile the Philippine wage earner, isolate which factor impacts a particular percentile, and analyze the tertiary educational wage gap across the distribution for the years 2010 to 2019.
The issues to be determined by the dissertation are as follows:
Provide the profile of the Philippine wage earners for the years 2010 to 2019 across the distribution
Recognize the trend that describe Philippine wage differentials across its distribution for the years 2010 to 2019
Identify the factors affect Philippine wage inequality, particularly across its distribution. Is it determined by the effect of the individuals' characteristics or by wage structure?
Determine the kind of effect contributes to the education wage gap in the Philippine wage distribution between tertiary and non-tertiary level of education graduates. Is it by the individuals' characteristics or by wage structure?