7/30/2019 Ateneo FactCheck 2013 Infographic: Jobs and Employment

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National Statistics Oces (NSO) Labor Force Survey (LFS)

o working age (age 15 years old and above) who

are either jobless or who would want to work more

hours to earn more.

10.828 million Filipinos

20.9 %from 18.8%

Underemployment

rate rise in Jan 2013

rom Jan 2012

7.1 %from 7.2%

Unemployment

rate rise in Jan 2013

rom Jan 2012

7.93 mlnfrom 7.02 mln

Underemployment

rise in Jan 2013rom Jan 2012

The fgures reveal that economic growth did not translate to more jobs

and employment. Job creation is an important issue because several

social problems have been a direct or indirect atermath o prolonged

employment and unemployment o most Filipinos.

Among the top 20 senatorial candidatesin the Social Weather Station (SWS)senatorial survey released last April TeamPNoys Alan Peter Cayetano and CythiaVillar, and UNAs JV Ejercito and MigsZubiri, have job generation and addressingemployment issues as amongst if not thecentral focus of their platforms. Commonsentiments are to increase infrastructurespending, empower Small and MediumEntrepreneurs (SMEs), strengthen thesupport to the agricultural sector, andmake education responsive to marketdemands.

Claim: Only a few senatorialcandidates have acomprehensive platform thataddresses lack of jobs andunemployment.

Despite trumpeted economic gains, and getting good investment

grade status rom international credit rating agencies, the Philippines

unemployment and underemployment remains to be high.

Except forNancy Binay, the rest have eithera platform or a track record that indicatestheir commitment to job creation.

UNAs candidates JV Ejercito, Nancy

Binay, Gregorio Honasan, ErnestoMaceda, and Mitos Magsaysay criticizedthe administration for touting the fasteconomic growth our country has beenexperiencing but while failing to addressthat the benefts do not trickle down to

the poor.

Team PNoys Alan Peter Cayetano andRisa Hontiveros answered theese criticismsby saying that trickle-down effect takes

time, and that growth now gives us themomentum to solve poverty crisis.

Fact Check: Jobs and Employment