Tina Part - Research

Background of the Study
The issue of increasing the minimum wage to improve unemployment has been studied
by different economist over the years. Increasing it will have negative and positive effect in the
industry and can even affect the whole country as well. The study will deal with the effects of
minimum wage to unemployment rate of fresh graduates in Metro Manila. Manila is one of the
cities in Philippines that provide better opportunity for individuals, who seek experience in their
chosen fields, and most of the best schools in Philippines are found in Metro Manila, but not all
college graduates in Metro Manila are employed due to different factors One of the factors that
an employee would look for in a company is the wage that will be given to him, and if he is not
satisfied with it, there is a tendency that he will find another job with a better offer, but high
paying jobs would require an employee to have more credentials and experience, which a fresh
graduate would not have by that time.
Minimum wage is the lowest wage allowed by the law given to all the employees and
workers in the country. It is designed to protect workers to unduly low pay in labor force.
Minimum wage is different in every region in the Philippines, currently; Metro Manila has the
highest minimum wage amounting up to P512.00 for non agricultural sectors and P475.00 for
agriculture, service and manufacturing sectors. However, although the minimum wage in Metro
Manila is the highest in the country, it’s still not sufficient to cover all the expense that a person
has in his daily life. Moreover, fresh college graduates expect that they will have a better offer
compare to other non-college graduate individuals, but other company only offer minimum wage
to fresh college students, which affects the unemployment rate in Manila. Unemployment is a
term used for those individual who seeks for a job but was unable to find one. High
unemployment rate would indicate inefficient economy, and would result in decreasing the GDP
of the country.
Research design
The researchers chose qualitative research design for this kind study, the purpose of this
qualitative research design is to provide more insights about the problem. The researchers are
tasked to ask questions related to the topic to chosen respondents, which are the fresh college
graduates in Metro Manila.. All of the response will be written in a descriptive manner.
Questionnaires will be given to the respondents; this will include questions that cannot
be merely answer by yes or no, explanation is needed to answer the questions in order to get
the perspective of the respondents about the issue. Respondents can also include suggestion
and concern about the issue, in this case, a better insight will be provided in the study.
Qualitative research design is flexible that’s why more issues can be open that is related to the
main problem. Online questionnaires are encouraged, since one on one interview will not be
possible due to the pandemic.
Population, Sample size and Sampling Technique
The target population will be the fresh graduates in Metro Manila. This includes
graduates from different profession and different school so that different perspective will be
observed. There are also different salary and wages offered to fresh college graduates based
on the degree they have finished and opportunities given based on the university they have
graduated. This will help the researchers to gather more opinion and concerns about the issue.
The entire fresh college graduates in Metro Manila would be difficult to monitor, that’s
why only part of population will be studied, and this is the sample size. Sample size will include
fresh college graduates from chosen different university, each graduate have different courses
from each other, and 50 fresh college graduates will be studied.

The sampling technique that will be use is the stratified sample technique. It is used
when the researchers expect that the measurement of outcome vary between different
subgroups. In this technique, the population is divided first into sub groups with similar
characteristics, for example in the study, the population will be divided first into, fresh college
BSA graduates, ABB graduates, BSCE graduates, BSMT graduates and so forth. This is to
ensure that each subgroup will have representation, and will reduce sampling bias.
Description of the Respondents
The respondents of the study will be the selected fresh college graduates in different
universities from Metro Manila. The researchers believe that the respondents have knowledge
and experience to answer all the questions that will be given to them.
The respondents are composed of different individuals; each came from different
universities with different courses to maximize the information that will get from them. The
researchers need at least 20 respondents and maximum of 50 respondents within Metro Manila
in order to gain information and improve their recommendations and solutions to solve the
problem.
Research Instrument
The research instrument that will be used in the study is based on the research design
that will be used as well. For qualitative research design, descriptive information is needed, so
questionnaires must be given to the respondents. Questionnaires will include questions
regarding the opinion and concerns of the respondents in minimum wage. There will be three
parts of questionnaires. The first part will be the personal information of the respondent, Name,
Age, Year graduated, course and school. The second part will include questions about the
concerns of the respondents; inclusions are subject but not limited to open ended questions, to
maximize the information needed. The last part of the questionnaire, is the suggestion part from
the respondents, as someone who is currently experiencing the effect of minimum wage to
unemployment, respondents can give ideas and suggestion as well.
Sample Questionnaires:
Part 1: Personal Info ANSWERS

Name:
Age:
Sex:
Year Graduated:
Course:
School
Part 2: Concerns about the problem ANSWERS

1. Are you satisfied with the minimum
wage given by the company for fresh
college graduates? Why?

2. Do you think minimum wage is one of
the factors that can affect
unemployment rate? Why?

3. What do you think are the negative and
positive effects of increasing the
minimum wage in unemployment rate?

4. What are the other factors that can
affect your decision about taking the
job?
PART 3: SUGGESTIONS ANSWERS
1. List down all the possible solutions or
recommendations to reduce the
unemployment rate in the country.

2. Are there any ways how to reduce
unemployment rate in the country
without increasing the minimum wage?

If yes, can you give them?

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Background of the Study

graduate would not have by that time.

possible due to the pandemic.

Population, Sample size and Sampling Technique

from each other, and 50 fresh college graduates will be studied.

Description of the Respondents

questionnaires must be given to the respondents. Questionnaires will include questions

unemployment, respondents can give ideas and suggestion as well.

Part 1: Personal Info ANSWERS

Part 2: Concerns about the problem ANSWERS

wage given by the company for fresh

college graduates? Why?

the factors that can affect

unemployment rate? Why?

positive effects of increasing the

minimum wage in unemployment rate?

affect your decision about taking the

recommendations to reduce the

unemployment rate in the country.

unemployment rate in the country

without increasing the minimum wage?

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