The Philippine Review of Economics

📣We are pleased to announce the publication of the December 2025 issue of the Philippine Review of Economics (PRE).📣

You may access the electronic copy of the complete issue and a searchable database of all published PRE articles through the website: pre.econ.upd.edu.ph

Articles in this issue:

🖋️Income inequality, weak institutions, and the emergence of reform-abortive corruption by Raul V. Fabella, Karl Robert L. Jandoc, Majah-Leah V. Ravago

🖋️Nationalizing the minimum wage: Can the Philippines take the toll? by Justin Raymond S. Eloriaga, Marites M. Tiongco, Ceasar C. Cororaton

🖋️Decomposing the divergent post-pandemic productivity dynamics in Philippine manufacturing by Adrian R. Mendoza

🖋️Perceived comfort and subjective life evaluation in the Philippines: Evidence from a national visioning exercise by Paul Andrew F. Lucena, Karl Robert L. Jandoc, Ma. Christina F. Epetia

🖋️2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics: Joel Mokyr by Emmanuel S. de Dios

🖋️A stylized version of the Aghion-Howitt growth model by Delano S. Villanueva

📖Book review: The Diane Elson Reader: Gender, Development, and Macroeconomic Policy by Marina Durano

📋Memorial piece: Remembering Roberto S. Mariano by Celia M. Reyes

The Philippine Review of Economics is devoted to the publication of theoretical and empirical work in economic development. It is indexed in in SCOPUS, RePEc, the Journal of Economic Literature and EconLit.

It welcomes papers about the Philippines and about other developing economies. It is also a forum for research findings that show the links of economics with other disciplines.

We are pleased to announce the publication of the June 2025 issue of the Philippine Review of Economics (PRE). You can also access a searchable database of all published articles on the PRE website:
http://pre.econ.upd.edu.ph.

PRE is indexed in Scopus, the Journal of Economic Literature, EconLit, RePec and EBSCO.

We are pleased to announce the publication of the December 2024 issue of the Philippine Review of Economics (PRE). This special issue features a collection of papers and comments from a roundtable discussion on new industrial policy.

You can access a searchable database of all published articles on the PRE website: http://pre.econ.upd.edu.ph.

We are pleased to announce the publication of PRE's June 2024 issue.

The complete electronic copy of this issue and a searchable database of all published articles are available at the PRE website (http://pre.econ.upd.edu.ph).

The December 2023 issue is out now!

https://pre.econ.upd.edu.ph

Call for Papers:

The Philippine Review of Economics welcomes submissions of articles, theoretical or empirical, on economics and economic development. It is a peer-reviewed journal published jointly by the UP School of Economics and the Philippine Economic Society (PES). The Philippine Review of Economics caters to a readership that includes economists and other social scientists in academic, business, government, and development research institutions. Published articles cover a broad range of fields in economics, including those that are interdisciplinary. Papers on the Philippines as well as other developing economies are encouraged. Book reviews are also welcome.