Gunatilaka, Ramani.

The challenge of youth unemployment in Sri Lanka / Ramani Gunatilaka, Markus Mayer, and Milan Vodopivec. - xx, 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Directions in development . - World Bank e-Library. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Labor market trends and outcomes in Sri Lanka -- Labor market institutions and labor market segmentation in Sri Lanka -- Explaining labor market imbalance in Sri Lanka : evidence from JobsNet data -- Effects of training on labor market outcomes -- School-to-work transitions of Sri Lankan university graduates -- Youth mobility and overseas migration in Sri Lanka -- Developing youth entrepreneurs : a critical analysis of policies and programs on entrepreneurship as a youth employment -- Strategy in Sri Lanka -- Discrimination and social exclusion of youth in Sri Lanka -- A analysis of gender and ethnic wage differentials among youth in Sri Lanka : 1996-2004 -- Concerns of youth affected by civil conflict in Sri Lanka.

9780821381175 (alk. paper) 9780821381182 (ebook)

2009043694


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

HD6276.S682 / G86 2010

331.3/4137095493