The Challenge of Youth Employment in Sri Lanka
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The Challenge of Youth Employment in Sri Lanka

  1. 300 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Challenge of Youth Employment in Sri Lanka

About this book

Sri Lanka has long been regarded as a model of a successful welfare state in a low-income setting, yet it has not succeeded in creating a sufficient number of "good jobs" for the increasing number of young people. Hence, young Sri Lankans perceive their country as an unjust and unequal society, in which mainstream institutions have failed to address inequalities in the distribution of resources, as well as of benefits deriving from economic growth. Against this background, 'The Challenge of Youth Employment in Sri Lanka' aims to identify ways to improve the opportunities available to new job market entrants by addressing existing inequalities and to help young people more fully realize their potentials. Drawing from original research and a review of existing studies, the authors use the "4Es" conceptual framework to analyze four key aspects of labor markets—employment creation, employability, entrepreneurship, and equal opportunity—identifying main issues and results, current trends, and possible new approaches.

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Yes, you can access The Challenge of Youth Employment in Sri Lanka by Ramani Gunatlilaka,Markus Mayer,Milan Vodopivec in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Labour & Industrial Relations. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. About the Authors and Editors
  4. Abbreviations
  5. Introduction: The Problem of Youth Unemployment
  6. Chapter 1 Labor Market Trends and Outcomes in Sri Lanka
  7. Chapter 2 Labor Market Institutions and Labor Market Segmentation in Sri Lanka
  8. Chapter 3 Explaining Labor Market Imbalance in Sri Lanka: Evidence from Jobsnet Data
  9. Chapter 4 Effect of Training on Labor Market Outcomes
  10. Chapter 5 School-to-Work Transition of Sri Lankan University Graduates
  11. Chapter 6 Youth Mobility and Overseas Migration in Sri Lanka
  12. Chapter 7 Developing Youth Entrepreneurs: A Viable Youth Employment Strategy in Sri Lanka?
  13. Chapter 8 Discrimination and Social Exclusion of Youth in Sri Lanka
  14. Chapter 9 An Analysis of Gender and Ethnic Wage Differentials among Youth in Sri Lanka
  15. Chapter 10 Concerns of Youth Affected by Civil Conflict in Sri Lanka
  16. Index
  17. Box
  18. Figures
  19. Tables