Sri Lanka – Jobs Diagnostic

Elizabeth N Ruppert Bulmer

No 32095016, Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides from The World Bank

Abstract: This report outlines 5 main policy channels for interventions to help the Sri Lankan economy modernize and move beyond yesterday’s labor-intensive strategies to more skill-intensive employment in competitive firms: reducing barriers to firm growth and productivity, revising labor market, government employment, and competition policies; enhancing youth and women's capacity to obtain better jobs; increasing the productivity of the self-employed; and improving matching of job seekers with employers.

Keywords: youth; work long hour; small and medium enterprise; Below the Poverty Line; public sector wage premium; labor force participation rate; Job Quality; labor market outcome; agriculture industry; civil service job; births per woman; labor market distortion; education and health; trade and employment; unpaid family worker; job opportunity; job opportunities; female youth; labor force growth; lack of security; number of workers; labor force composition; labor supply decisions; linear probability model; public sector job; data on primary; complete secondary education; social insurance coverage; average educational attainment; private sector wage; health sector workers; shorter work hours; net job creation; change in employment; global value chain; improved working condition; national poverty line; adequate safety net; human development indicator; reduction in poverty; sound investment climate; per capita term; higher value added; private sector demand; Informal Jobs; career progression; high wage; qualitative study; work status; gross wage; provident fund; formal employment; inland revenue; external migration; Real estate; education level; Demographic Transition; job growth; informal worker; administrative datum; social status; soft skills; Gender Gap; net wage; productivity gain; Public Employment; monthly salary; job security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 118
Date: 2020-06-04
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