The challenge of youth unemployment in Sri Lanka
By: Ramani Gunatilaka, Markus Mayer, and Milan Vodopivec.
Contributors: Mayer, Markus, 1960-; Vodopivec, Milan.
Series: Directions in development
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780821381175; 9780821381182
Subjects: Youth -- Employment -- Sri Lanka; School-to-work transition -- Sri Lanka; Labor market -- Sri Lanka; Youth -- Sri Lanka -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Labor market trends and outcomes in Sri Lanka; title: Labor market institutions and labor market segmentation in Sri Lanka; title: Explaining labor market imbalance in Sri Lanka : evidence from JobsNet data; title: Effects of training on labor market outcomes; title: School-to-work transitions of Sri Lankan university graduates; title: Youth mobility and overseas migration in Sri Lanka; title: Developing youth entrepreneurs : a critical analysis of policies and programs on entrepreneurship as a youth employment; title: Strategy in Sri Lanka; title: Discrimination and social exclusion of youth in Sri Lanka; title: A analysis of gender and ethnic wage differentials among youth in Sri Lanka : 1996-2004; title: Concerns of youth affected by civil conflict in Sri Lanka.