00000ctm a2200000 i 4500 UP-99796217613906322 Buklod 20220831135623.0 aa r ||| u ta 220831s2021 xx d |||| ||eng | (iLib)UPD-00531971996 DECON rda eng DMLUC LG 993.5 2021 E2 A387 Agustin, Joshua Angelo Q. author. Does the ballot reflect the voice of the labor force? an inquiry on the influence of unemployment on voter turnout Agustin, Joshua Angelo Quines, Cruz, Franz Janssen Salvador ; Mendoza, Ma. Nimfa, thesis adviser. Quezon City School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman 2021. 48 leaves 28 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Thesis (B.S. Economics) -- University of the Philippines Diliman January 2021. This paper analyzes the impact of unemployment on voter turnout in a developing country, specifically the Philippines. The aim is to show the relationship between the two in the Philippines due to the lack of studies present at the time of writing this paper. Using data procured from the Philippine Statistics Authority, Labor Force Survey, and the Family Income and Expenditure Survey, a panel dataset was formed which contains socioeconomic variables showing the economic situation of the seventeen regions in the 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019 elections, along with socioeconomic factors that may affect the decision of registered voters to vote. To estimate the panel dataset, a fixed effects model was then used. Despite previous studies showing that there would be a higher turnout in the polls with more economic adversity in a developing country, the results of the study show otherwise. With a constant negative sign and the significance of the unemployment rate in the different fixed effects regression, the researchers conclude that there is a withdrawal effect in the Philippines - a result that could pose a question in the democracy of the country. Unemployment Economic aspects Philippines. Political participation Economic aspects Philippines. Voter turnout Economic aspects Philippines. Cruz, Franz Janssen S. joint author. Mendoza, Nimfa thesis adviser. Thesis FI UP UPD DECON LG 993.5 2021 E2 A387 Thesis