Abstract:
Youth unemployment is one of the most pressing economic and social problems in Sri Lanka.
Recent levels of youth unemployment are found in the context of reduced labour market
inflexibilities, an expansion of manpower development through training and development
opportunities and higher education as well as social, emotional and economical support of longterm
unemployed youth in the country. This study examinesthe determinants of unemployment
among youth in Sri Lanka.A cross sectional research design and a mixed methodological
approach was applied to use qualitative and quantitative methods as sources of primary and
secondary data.
