Marjorie Pajaron
Marjorie Pajaron, Ph.D.
- Visiting Scholar at APARC, 2026
- Asia Health Policy Postdoctoral Fellow in Developing Asia, 2012-2013
Biography
Marjorie Pajaron joins the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center as Visiting Scholar for the spring quarter of 2026 from the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPSE), where she serves as Associate Professor in the School of Economics. She was previously at APARC as Asia Health Policy Postdoctoral Fellow during the 2012–13 academic year.
While at APARC, she will be conducting research on the migration of healthcare workers from the Philippines and the nexus with climate change.
Pajaron received a PhD in economics from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
Working Papers:
“Remittances, Informal Loans, and Assets as Risk-Coping Mechanisms: Evidence from Agricultural Households in Rural Philippines.” October 2012. Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Development Economics.
“The Roles of Gender and Education on the Intra-household Allocations of Remittances of Filipino Migrant Workers.” June 2012.
“Are Motivations to Remit Altruism, Exchange, or Insurance? Evidence from the Philippines.” December 2011.