Gunatilaka, Ramani.

The challenge of youth unemployment in Sri Lanka [electronic resource] / Ramani Gunatilaka, Markus Mayer, and Milan Vodopivec. - Washington D.C. : World Bank, c2010. - xx, 274 p. : ill. - Directions in development . - Directions in development (Washington, D.C.) .

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.


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


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