CV
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Education
- Ph.D in Economics, UP School of Economics, 2021
- M.S. in Economics, UP School of Economics, 2013
- B.S. in Economics, UP School of Economics, 2009
Work experience
- 2022-present: Assistant Professor, UP School of Economics
- 2013-2021: Teaching Fellow, UP School of Economics
- 2018-2019: Research Coordinator, FEU Public Policy Center
- 2014-2015: Head Executive Assistant, National Economic and Development Authority
- 2013-2014: Consultant, World Bank office in Manila
- 2012-2013: Economist, Securities and Exchange Commission
- 2011: Junior Research Assistant, Institute to Study Inequality, Poverty, and Social Protection
Skills
- Quantitative analysis (econometrics, causal inference)
- Research project management (e.g., Philippine Microfinance Survey)
- Software: Stata, Python, R
Publications
Punongbayan, J.C. and J.A. Arapoc (2025). Is there a grade penalty for high school track and college degree mismatches? Evidence from the University of the Philippines. UPSE Discussion Paper No. 2025-03.
Punongbayan, J.C., R. Lopa, S. Sarne, R.H. Bendaña, J.M. Robredo, and N.A. Cobarrubias (2025). Microfinance and household shocks in the Philippines: evidence from the Philippine Microfinance Survey. WeSolve Foundation Technical Report.
Punongbayan, J.C.B. (2025). "Supply and demand components of Philippine inflation (2001–2024)." Applied Economics Letters, 1-7.
Punongbayan, J.C.B. and Z.N. Suzara (2025). "Rethinking ayuda for sustainable development." INCITEGov Policy Note.
Punongbayan, J.C.B. (2024). "The Philippine Journal of Development in the early 21st century (2002–2023)." Philippine Journal of Development 48(2): 1–24.
Albert, J.R.G., C. Bayudan-Dacuycuy, I. Angeles-Agdeppa, J.C.B. Punongbayan, D.L. Cabalfin, et al. (2024). "Measuring poverty within Filipino households: examining resource sharing and economies of scale." PIDS Discussion Paper No. 2024-37.
Punongbayan, J.C.B. (2024). "Balancing excellence and equity in predictive college admissions: insights from the University of the Philippines." Education Economics, 1-24.
Albert, J.R.G., J.C.B. Punongbayan, and M.S. Muñoz (2024). "Returns to education in the Philippines (2005–2022): declining benefits, increased inequities." PIDS Policy Note.
Punongbayan, J.C.B. (2024). "Conversations with social scientists: economist Emmanuel S. de Dios, PhD." Social Science Diliman 19(1): 92-101.
Monsod, T.C., E.S. De Dios, C.D. Magno, J.C.B. Punongbayan, et al. (2024). "Rejoinder." UPSE Discussion Paper No. 2024-01b.
Monsod, T.C., E.S. De Dios, C.D. Magno, J.C.B. Punongbayan, et al. (2024). "How to change a constitution by hand-waving (Or, the unbearable lightness of evidence in support of lifting foreign ownership restrictions)." UPSE Discussion Paper No. 2024-01.
Punongbayan, J.C.B. (2024). Much a Duterte about nothing: continuity, complacency, and crisis in the Philippine economy (2016–23). In A. Arugay and J. Encinas-Franco (Eds.), Games, changes, and fears: the Philippines from Duterte to Marcos (pp. 33–58). ISEAS Yusof-Ishak Institute.
Punongbayan, J.C.B. et al. (2024). "Maharlika Investment Fund: still beyond repair." UPSE Discussion Paper No. 2023-02.
De Dios, E.S., M.S. Gochoco-Bautista, J.C.B. Punongbayan (2023). Martial law and the Philippine economy. In F. Llanes (Ed.), The Marcos years: the age of crisis and repression (pp. 217–294). SAMASA Alumni Association.
Punongbayan, J.C.B. (2022). "The Marcosian golden age myths: what they are, why they persist, and how to dispel them" in L.C. Castañeda and P.N. Abinales (eds.) The Marcos era: a. reader. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press.
Punongbayan, J.C.B., E.F. Esguerra, and G.M. Llanto (2022). "Competition and regulation in the Philippine microfinance sector" in H. Hill, M.V. Ravago, and J.A. Roumasset (eds.) Pro-poor development policies: lessons from the Philippines and East Asia. Singapore: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.
Punongbayan, J.C.B., J.G. Williamson, and K.L. Jandoc (2022). "Convergence of Philippine spatial inequality during the American colonial period" in H. Hill, M.V. Ravago, and J.A. Roumasset (eds.) Pro-poor development policies: lessons from the Philippines and East Asia. Singapore: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.
Ravago, M.V., A.Z. Brucal, J. Roumasset, and J.C.B. Punongbayan (2019). "The role of power prices in structural transformation: evidence from the Philippines." Journal of Asian Economics 61: 20–33.
Tan, E.A., K.S. Canales, K.G. Cruz, and J.C.B. Punongbayan (2011). "Why are boys falling behind girls in schooling?" UPSE Discussion Paper No. 2011-12.
Punongbayan, J.C.B. (2009). "School inputs and student performance in public elementary schools in Palawan: a quantile regression analysis." Philippine Review of Economics 46(1): 189-219.
Fellowships
- Former Visiting Fellow, Philippine Studies Programme, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
- Research Fellow, Ateneo-EDCOM II; edcom2.gov.ph
- Research Fellow, GRIT Labs
- Fellow, Social Weather Stations (SWS)
Service and leadership
- Associate Editor, Social Science Diliman
- Member, UP Admissions Evaluation Committee
- Member and Trustee, INCITEGov
- Co-Founder, Usapang Econ