The Philippines Cluster
The Philippines research cluster is anchored by the Philippines Socioeconomic Panel Survey (PSPS), a longitudinal survey of approximately 13,000 rural households in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines that launched in late 2023.
The PSPS has two aims: to track socioeconomic development in the Western Visayas over the next 20 years, and to provide a sample with which development researchers can conduct randomized trials with built-in measurement every four years. Data collection for Wave 1 goes through September 2024, and will recur every four years for at least the next 20 years.
Four connected RCTs are already in the works:
- A research methods experiment on enumerator recruitment and enumerator effects on data quality
- An experiment on women's mental health and aspirations
- An education experiment to encourage university enrollment
- An experiment with longtime partner International Care Ministries on group livelihoods
Read more about the PSPS from our partner, Innovations for Poverty Action and check out the questionnaires we're using to collect Wave 1 data: Household, Individual, and Barangay.
If you'd like to talk with us about a research idea, funding an experiment, or partnering in any other way, please reach out to us at poverty-research@northwestern.edu.