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Subjects:

Youth -- Employment -- Sri Lanka.
School-to-work transition -- Sri Lanka.
Labor market -- Sri Lanka.
Youth -- Sri Lanka -- Social conditions.

Contents:

Introduction : the problem of youth unemployment
Labor market trends and outcomes in Sri Lanka / Nisha Arunatilake and Priyanka Jayawardena
Labor market institutions and labor market segmentation in Sri Lanka / Ramani Gunatilaka and Milan Vodopivec
Explaining labor market imbalance in Sri Lanka : evidence from Jobsnet data / Nisha Arunatilake and Priyanka Jayawardena
Effects of training on labor market outcomes / Sunil Chandrasiri
School-to-work transition of Sri Lankan university graduates / Milan Vodopivec and Nimnath Withanachchi
Youth mobility and overseas migration in Sri Lanka / Asha Abeyasekera
Developing youth entrepreneurs : a viable youth employment strategy in Sri Lanka? / Nireka Weeratunge
Discrimination and social exclusion of youth in Sri Lanka / Harini Amarasuriya
An analysis of gender and ethnic wage differentials among youth in Sri Lanka / Dileni Gunewardena
Concerns of youth affected by civil conflict in Sri Lanka / S.T. Hettige and Zindu Salih.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributor:

Gunatilaka, Ramani.
Mayer, Markus, 1960-
Vodopivec, Milan.

ISBN:

9780821381175 (alk. paper)
0821381172 (alk. paper)
9780821381182 (ebook)
0821381180 (ebook)

OCLC:

463307281