Noted economist, a theorist with interests also in the policy area. Professor and Dean, School of Economics of the University of the Philippines. Dr. Jose Encarnacion, Jr. is the first Filipino to publish in an economic journal of international standing. His contributions to economic theory have appeared in major journals in England and the United States. In recognition of his contributions to economics, Dr. Encarnacion is recipient of several awards notably: Distinguished Scholar award from the University of the Philippines (1968), Philippine's Ten Outstanding Young Men Award (1963) and Miguel Cuaderno Chair in political economy, since 1969.

Sex: Male

Education:

  • University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Ph.B. M.A. (Philosophy), 1954
  • Princeton University, USA, A.M. Ph.D. Economics, 1960

Field of Specialization:

Economics

Researches:

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1965) On Decisions under Uncertainty
Economic Journal Volume 75, No. 298

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1955) On Ushenko's version of the Liar-Paradox
Mind Volume 64, No. 253

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1958) Consistency between Say's identity and the Cambridge Equation
Economic Journal Volume 68, No. 272

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1961) A theoretical analysis of investment allocation criteria
Philippine Social Sciences and Humanities Review Volume 26, No. 3

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1962) Note on an export tax as income stabilizer
Philippine Economic Journal Volume 1, No. 1

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1962) A note on the Stationary State
Economica Volume 29, No. 115

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1962) Overdeterminateness in Kaldor's Growth Model
Economic Journal Volume 72, No. 287

Gragasin, J.V., Espiritu, C.A., Ella, Z.C. , (1963) Principles of economics in Philippine setting
Philippine Economic Journal Volume 2, No. 2

Encarnacion,J.Jr., (1964) A Note on Lexicographical Preferences
Economica Volume 32, No. 1-2

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1964) On multiple objectives in the Firm and Arrow's Theorem
Philippine Review of Bussiness and Economic Volume 1, No. 1

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1964) Constraints and the Firm's utility function
Review of Economic Studies Volume 31, No. 2

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1964) Optimum saving and the social choice function
Oxford Economic Papers Volume 16, No. 2

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1964) Saving and investment in agriculture in relation to National development objectives
Philippine Economic Journal Volume 3, No. 2

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1965) Two-Sector Models of Economic Growth and Development
Philippine Economic Journal Volume 4, No. 1

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1965) On Instability in the Sense of Harrod
Economica Volume 32, No. 127

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1966) A Comment
Economica Volume 33, No. 131

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1966) On Independence Postulates Concerning Choice
Econometrics Volume 34, No. 5

Paauw, D.S., Cookson, F.E., Encarnacion, J.Jr., () Planning capital inflows for Southeast Asia
Philippine Economic Journal Volume 5, No. 2

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1967) A Note on Income Per Capita Growth in the Course of Time
Philippine Economic Journal Volume 6, No. 1

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1967) A Model of Group Decision-Making
Management Science Volume 13, No. 10

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1968) On the Specification of Investment Functions
Philippine Statistician Volume 17, No. 1-2

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1969) Comment on Masaru Fukuda's Paper
Japan Economic Research Center, Center

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1969) Independence Postulates Concerning Choice
International Economic Review Volume 10, No. 2

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1970) Some Implications of Lexicographic Utility in Development Planning
Philippine Economic Journal Volume 9, No. 2

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1971) On the specification of a social welfare function
Econometrica Volume 39, No. 4

Mariano, R.S., Bautista, R.M., Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1971) A Macro Economic Model of the Philippines
Philippine Economic Journal Volume 10, No. 2

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1972) Issues in Fiscal and Monetary Policy
Philippine Economic Journal Volume 11, No. 1

Encarnacion, J.Jr., () A monetary submodel of the Philippine Economy, 1950-1969
Philippine Economic Journal Volume 11, No. 2

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1972) A Foreign Trade Submodel of the Philippine Economy
Philippine Economic Journal Volume 11, No. 2

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1972) A Government Submodel of the Philippine Economy
Philippine Economic Journal Volume 11, No. 2

Bautista, R.M., Manqahas, M., Jurado, G.M., Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1972) An Econometric Model of the Philippines with Projections
Philippine Economic Journal Volume 11, No. 2

Encarnacion , J.Jr., (1972) Group Decisions Involving Risk
Philippine Review of Bussiness and Economics Volume 9, No. 2

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1972) Full-Employment Models of the Philippines
Philippine Review of Business and Economics Volume 9, No. 2

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1973) Family Income, Education, Labor Force Participation and Fertility
Philippine Economic Journal Volume 12, No. 1-2

Encarnacion, J. Jr., (1975) A demographic path to modernization: Patterns of early transition in the Philippines
Philippines Press

Mangahas, M., Paqueo, V., Smith, P.C., Kintanar, A., et. al. , (1974) An economic-demographic model of the Philippines
U.P. School of Economics

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1974) Some exercises with the National Economic Council input-output tables
NEDA Journal of Philippine Development Volume 1, No. 1

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1974) On appropriate technology saving and employment
Journal of Development Economics Volume 1, No. 1

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1974 ) Baumol and Tobin on the transactions demand for cash: A Pedagogical note
Philippine Review of Business and Economics Volume 11, No. 1

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1974) Fertility and labor force participation: Philippines
Philippine Review of Business and Economics Volume 11, No. 2

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1976) Sectoral employment, income distribution and consumption: A macromodel with an input-output structure
Philippine Economic Journal Volume 15, No. 1-2

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1976) Unemployment and underemployment
Philippine Human Resource Development Journal Volume 1, No. 1

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1976) On the new household economics: Comment
Philippine Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Volume 6, No. 1

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1976) On predicting subsectoral outputs and prices via an optimizing model
Philippine Review of Business and Economics Volume 13, No. 1

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1977) Income, education, fertility and employment Philippines
Philippine Review of Business and Economics Volume 14, No. 2

Encarnacion, J.Jr, (1977) Population and development in Southeast Asia: A fertility model
Philippine Economic Journal Volume 16, No. 4

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1979) Why economic-demographic models have not been used in the Philippines
Philippine Review of Economics and Business Volume 16, No. 2

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1979) A simple model of economic growth and fluctuations
Journal of Philippine Development Volume 6, No. 2

Encarnacion, J.Jr., () Group choice with lexicographic preferences
Philippine Review of Economics and Business Volume 18, No. 3-4

Encarnacion, J. Jr., (1982) Fertility behavior and labor force participation: A model of Lexicographic choice
Research in Population Economics Volume 4

Encarnacion, J. Jr., (1982) An auxiliary model for quantifying the socio-economic impact of a development project
Philippine Review of Economics and Business Volume 19

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1983) Social values and individual choices
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Volume 4, No. 2-3

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1983 ) Positive time preference: A comment
Journal of Political Economy Volume 91, No. 4

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1984 ) Becker on the interaction between quantity and quality of children
Philippine Review of Economics and Business Volume 21, No. 1-2

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1986) Lexicographic arbitration
Economics Letters Volume 21, No. 3

Encarnacion, J. Jr., (1987 ) Preference paradoxes and lexicographic choice
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Volume 8, No. 2

Encarnacion, J.Jr., (1988) Price decisions and employment equilibrium
Philippine Review of Economics and Business Volume 25, No. 3-4

Encarnacion, J. Jr., (1990) Consumer choice of qualities
Economics Volume 57, No. 225

Encarnacion, J. Jr., (1991) Portfolio choice and risk
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Volume 16

Papers Presented:

  • Fertility Behavior and Labor Force Participation: A Lexicographic Choice Model , Transactions of the National Academy of Science and Technology
  • Simple Solution to the Strotz Consistency Problem, Transactions of the National Academy of Science and Technology
  • Consistency Conditions for Group Decisions , Transactions of the National Academy of Science and Technology
  • Relative Contributions of Miffed Variables to the Variation of a Regressand , Transactions of the National Academy of Science and Technology

Awards:

  • Conferred National Scientist, NAST, 1987
  • Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, , 1955
  • Fulbright Travel Grant, , 1956
  • Fellow, University of the Philippines, 1956-1958
  • Honorary University Fellow, Princeton University, 1957
  • Doctoral Dissertation Fellow, Ford Foundation, 1958
  • TOYM Award, Junior Chamber of the Philippines, 1963
  • Rockefeller Foundation Grant, , 1965
  • Distinguished Scholar Award, University of the Philippines , 1968
  • Miguel Cuaderno Chair in Political Economy, University of the Philippines, 1969
  • Elected Academician, National Academy of Science and Technology, 1979
  • Outstanding Fulbrighter Award, Philippine Fullbright Scholars Association, 1968
  • Who's Who in the World, , 1986
  • Marqui's Who's Who, , 1986
  • International Directory of Distinguishe Leadership, American Biographical Institute, 1986
  • Men of Achievement , International Biographical Centre, 1987
  • Visiting Scholar, Institute for Mathematical Studies, Stanford University, 1965 - 1966