Unemployment remains a significant development challenge in the Philippines. This
paper investigates the dynamics of transition from unemployment to employment of
jobseekers in the Philippine labor market. Using an individual level panel data
constructed from two nationally representative surveys, this paper examines how
employment prospects of Filipino jobseekers are affected by their personal
characteristics and by their unemployment income as well as by household
composition, local labor market conditions, and unemployment duration. Influential
factors to transition from unemployment to work were identified from the estimated
duration and ordered logistic regression models.