Skills Mismatch
Marada and Manzala (2001) concluded that skill mismatch in the Philippines is very evident from indicators such as high unemployment and underemployment rate. According to the 2001 data, 4.5 million were unemployed and 5.1 million were underemployed, out of 33.6 million labor force participants in the Philippines. Personnel in the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said that the figures presented in Manzala and Marada?s study provided a glimpse of the problems regarding skill mismatch in the Philippines. Marada, Hector B., and Teresita R. Manzala. "Mismatches in the Philippine Labor Market." (2001). Web. http://www.bles.dole.gov.ph/download/mplm.pdf