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Analysing the effects of selected economic indicators on education and on the causality between education and economic growth of the Philippines

The study estimates the impact of inflation, unemployment and population on the education in the Philippines. This study determines the causality between the education expenditure and GDP. This study used the structural stability test to examine the stability of the coefficients of the model between different time periods despite the economic environment in previous years. | TAÏP CHÍ PHAÙT TRIEÅN KH&CN, TAÄP 19, SOÁ X3-2016 Analysing the effects of selected economic indicators on education and on the causality between education and economic growth of the Philippines Ronaldo R. Cabauatan Ronaldo A. Manalo Chin Uy University of Santo Tomas ABSTRACT: The study estimates the impact of inflation, unemployment and population on the education in the Philippines. This study determines the causality between the education expenditure and GDP. This study used the structural stability test to examine the stability of the coefficients of the model between different time periods despite the economic environment in previous years. Findings show that education expenditure granger causes economic growth as what introduced by the endogenous growth theory which emphasized the importance of education on economic growth, in estimating education on the economic growth of the Philippines as education conduit for accumulation of human capital that will have an effect to economic growth. This shows the value of the educated labor force in the Philippine economy, even though the study encountered difficulty in gathering data, specifically for education expenditure as a consequence of limited data published by the government. Findings also show that population and unemployment are statistically significant on education expenditure while inflation is statistically insignificant. This suggests that high demand in education due to an increase in population and unemployment will increase the education expenditure. Keywords: education expenditure, economic growth, population, unemployment, causality Introduction Education plays an important role in the economy, particularly in the development process, as education fortifies the competitiveness of available labor in the market1. Investing in human capital (education) is considered as a primary foundation in achieving a particularly level of economic development2, particularly for emerging and .