Maria Francesca Tomaliwan
Assistant Professorial Lecturer
Educational Background
Ph.D. in Economics, DLSU, Philippines
Master of Financial Management, ANU, Australia
B.S. in Applied Economics and B.C. Major in Management of Financial Institutions, DLSU, Philippines
Professor Tomaliwan is an Assistant Professorial Lecturer at De La Salle University’s School of Economics. She is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at DLSU under the guidance of Dr. Mariel Monica Sauler.
From 2022 until mid-2023, she held a Junior Non-Key Expert position at the ASEAN Secretariat.
Professor Tomaliwan is teaching Portfolio Management, Financial Derivatives, and Basic Microeconomics & Macroeconomics. She is also part of the Finance and Basic Microeconomics Professional Learning Communities (PLCs).
Research Interest
Ms. Tomaliwan’s research is in finance and labor economics, with a focus on wage distribution. Her current dissertation entitled “Essays on Philippine Wage Distribution” got a Philippine APEC Study Center Network (PASCN) grant funding. Her past work on labor includes the 1st ASEAN Employment Outlook which aimed to understand the implication of the gig economy (crowdwork and on-demand) on the labor market in the region.
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