The challenge of youth employment in Sri Lanka /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2010.
Description:xx, 274 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Directions in development. Human development
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8355098
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Other authors / contributors:Gunatilaka, Ramani.
Mayer, Markus, 1960-
Vodopivec, Milan.
ISBN:9780821381175 (alk. paper)
0821381172 (alk. paper)
9780821381182 (ebook)
0821381180 (ebook)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of 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.