Determinants of youth unemployment in Sri Lanka

Fernando, D.N. Prasadi

dc.contributor.author	Fernando, D.N. Prasadi
dc.date.accessioned	2016-02-08T09:26:38Z
dc.date.available	2016-02-08T09:26:38Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.citation	Annual Research Symposium, University of Colombo, December 2015	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/4254
dc.description.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.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Colombo	en_US
dc.subject	: Sri Lanka, unemployment, youth	en_US
dc.title	Determinants of youth unemployment in Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.type	Research abstract	en_US