Economics

Filipinos Dropping Out of the Workforce Could Benefit the Economy

  • 40% of 71 million working age Filipinos aren’t in labor force
  • Economic minister says more young men are staying in school
Photographer: Hannah Reyes Morales/Bloomberg
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Low unemployment in the Philippines may be masking the fact that more people are opting not to work -- and preferring to stay in school for longer.