Demographic Transition and the Labor Market in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's demographic transition has significantly shaped the age distribution of the labor force and created a large working age population (World Bank 2008). Changing cohort sizes of young and old workers not only affect their own labor ma...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
HIV
LAM
SEX
WAR
WDR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/17036786/demographic-transition-labor-market-sri-lanka
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topic ADOLESCENT GIRLS
AGE DISTRIBUTION
AGE GROUP
AGE GROUPS
AGGREGATE DEMAND
ARMED FORCES
BABIES
BABY
BABY BOOM
BARGAINING INSTITUTIONS
BASIC WORKER RIGHTS
BRAIN DRAIN
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CHILD CARE
CHILD SURVIVAL
CHILDBEARING
CLERKS
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURES
DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS
DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
DOWNWARD PRESSURE
EARNINGS REGRESSION
EARNINGS REGRESSIONS
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF POPULATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC THEORY
EDUCATED MOTHERS
ELDERLY
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT INCREASE
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
EMPLOYMENT POLICY
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
EMPLOYMENT SHARE
EQUILIBRIUM WAGES
ETHNIC GROUP
FAMILY SIZE
FAMILY SUPPORT
FAMILY WORK
FEMALE EDUCATION
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
FEMALE WORK
FERTILITY
FERTILITY DECLINE
FERTILITY RATES
FEWER CHILDREN
FIRM SIZE
FIRST UNEMPLOYMENT SPELL
GENDER
GENDER COMPOSITION
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER GAP
GENDER PARITY
GENDER WAGE GAPS
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
HEALTH SERVICES
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
HIV
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITIES
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
IMPACT OF EDUCATION
IMPACT OF POPULATION
INCOME
INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
INFORMAL SECTOR
INFORMAL SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS
JOB CREATION
JOB LOSS
JOB SEARCH
JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE
JOB SECURITY
JOB SEEKERS
JOB STATUS
JOB VACANCIES
JOBS
LABOR COSTS
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS
LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION
LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE
LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY
LABOR MARKET OUTCOME
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR REGULATIONS
LABOR SUPPLY
LABORERS
LABOUR
LABOUR FORCE
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOUR MARKETS
LABOUR ORGANIZATION
LAM
LEGAL STATUS
LEGISLATORS
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LOCAL LABOR MARKET
LOW FERTILITY
MARITAL STATUS
MARRIED WOMEN
MIGRANTS
MINIMUM WAGES
MORTALITY
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NUMBER OF WORKERS
NURSES
OCCUPATIONS
OLDER ADULTS
OLDER WORKERS
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
PAID WORKERS
PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN
PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT
PERSONNEL
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POPULATION CENSUSES
POPULATION CHANGE
POPULATION GROWTH
PRELIMINARY RESULTS
PREVIOUS STUDIES
PRIVATE COMPANIES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS
PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS
PROBIT REGRESSION
PROGRESS
PROMOTING GENDER EQUITY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEE
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR JOB
PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS
REGULAR WORKERS
REMITTANCES
RESPECT
RETAIL TRADE
RETIREMENT
SALARIED WORKERS
SECONDARY LEVELS OF EDUCATION
SECRETARIES
SECURITY SITUATION
SERVICE SECTOR
SERVICE SECTORS
SEX
SKILLED WORKERS
TEMPORARY WORK
TEMPORARY WORKERS
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TERTIARY LEVEL
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TOTAL LABOR FORCE
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG WOMEN
UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION
UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
UNPAID WORKERS
USAID
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
WAGE DATA
WAGE DIFFERENTIAL
WAGE GAP
WAGE PREMIUM
WAGE PREMIUMS
WAGE SUBSIDIES
WAR
WATER SUPPLY
WDR
WOMAN
WORK FORCE
WORKER
WORKERS
WORKING
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNG MEN
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUNG WOMEN
YOUNG WORKERS
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
YOUTH LABOR
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
spellingShingle ADOLESCENT GIRLS
AGE DISTRIBUTION
AGE GROUP
AGE GROUPS
AGGREGATE DEMAND
ARMED FORCES
BABIES
BABY
BABY BOOM
BARGAINING INSTITUTIONS
BASIC WORKER RIGHTS
BRAIN DRAIN
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CHILD CARE
CHILD SURVIVAL
CHILDBEARING
CLERKS
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURES
DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS
DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
DOWNWARD PRESSURE
EARNINGS REGRESSION
EARNINGS REGRESSIONS
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF POPULATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC THEORY
EDUCATED MOTHERS
ELDERLY
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT INCREASE
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
EMPLOYMENT POLICY
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
EMPLOYMENT SHARE
EQUILIBRIUM WAGES
ETHNIC GROUP
FAMILY SIZE
FAMILY SUPPORT
FAMILY WORK
FEMALE EDUCATION
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
FEMALE WORK
FERTILITY
FERTILITY DECLINE
FERTILITY RATES
FEWER CHILDREN
FIRM SIZE
FIRST UNEMPLOYMENT SPELL
GENDER
GENDER COMPOSITION
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER GAP
GENDER PARITY
GENDER WAGE GAPS
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
HEALTH SERVICES
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
HIV
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITIES
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
IMPACT OF EDUCATION
IMPACT OF POPULATION
INCOME
INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
INFORMAL SECTOR
INFORMAL SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS
JOB CREATION
JOB LOSS
JOB SEARCH
JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE
JOB SECURITY
JOB SEEKERS
JOB STATUS
JOB VACANCIES
JOBS
LABOR COSTS
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS
LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION
LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE
LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY
LABOR MARKET OUTCOME
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR REGULATIONS
LABOR SUPPLY
LABORERS
LABOUR
LABOUR FORCE
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOUR MARKETS
LABOUR ORGANIZATION
LAM
LEGAL STATUS
LEGISLATORS
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LOCAL LABOR MARKET
LOW FERTILITY
MARITAL STATUS
MARRIED WOMEN
MIGRANTS
MINIMUM WAGES
MORTALITY
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NUMBER OF WORKERS
NURSES
OCCUPATIONS
OLDER ADULTS
OLDER WORKERS
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
PAID WORKERS
PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN
PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT
PERSONNEL
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POPULATION CENSUSES
POPULATION CHANGE
POPULATION GROWTH
PRELIMINARY RESULTS
PREVIOUS STUDIES
PRIVATE COMPANIES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS
PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS
PROBIT REGRESSION
PROGRESS
PROMOTING GENDER EQUITY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEE
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR JOB
PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS
REGULAR WORKERS
REMITTANCES
RESPECT
RETAIL TRADE
RETIREMENT
SALARIED WORKERS
SECONDARY LEVELS OF EDUCATION
SECRETARIES
SECURITY SITUATION
SERVICE SECTOR
SERVICE SECTORS
SEX
SKILLED WORKERS
TEMPORARY WORK
TEMPORARY WORKERS
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TERTIARY LEVEL
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TOTAL LABOR FORCE
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG WOMEN
UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION
UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
UNPAID WORKERS
USAID
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
WAGE DATA
WAGE DIFFERENTIAL
WAGE GAP
WAGE PREMIUM
WAGE PREMIUMS
WAGE SUBSIDIES
WAR
WATER SUPPLY
WDR
WOMAN
WORK FORCE
WORKER
WORKERS
WORKING
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNG MEN
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUNG WOMEN
YOUNG WORKERS
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
YOUTH LABOR
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
World Bank
Demographic Transition and the Labor Market in Sri Lanka
geographic_facet South Asia
Sri Lanka
relation South Asia Human Development Sector report;no. 41
description Sri Lanka's demographic transition has significantly shaped the age distribution of the labor force and created a large working age population (World Bank 2008). Changing cohort sizes of young and old workers not only affect their own labor market outcomes (job quality, earnings), but also potentially affect growth prospects in the economy. Recovering from a 30-year conflict in the North and the East, Sri Lanka aims to accelerate growth in the medium term by substantially increasing investments. What will be the role of the labor market in delivering this growth? The service sector is expanding and accounts for nearly 60 percent of the Growth Domestic Product (GDP) and almost 40 percent of employment. However, only 56 percent of the working age population is employed, a result of low participation and high unemployment rates among women and youth. Any growth strategy will have to bring in more working age people, particularly women, into economic activity. The paper is organized as follows. The two sections that follow present an overview of the supply and demand side of the labor market. The next section discusses the ways in which the demographic transition could shape the labor market, particularly in terms of unemployment and earnings. This discussion is followed by three sections examining labor force participation and unemployment, job type, and earnings respectively. The last section concludes with some policy recommendations.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
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title Demographic Transition and the Labor Market in Sri Lanka
title_short Demographic Transition and the Labor Market in Sri Lanka
title_full Demographic Transition and the Labor Market in Sri Lanka
title_fullStr Demographic Transition and the Labor Market in Sri Lanka
title_full_unstemmed Demographic Transition and the Labor Market in Sri Lanka
title_sort demographic transition and the labor market in sri lanka
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/17036786/demographic-transition-labor-market-sri-lanka
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17989
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spelling okr-10986-179892021-04-23T14:03:35Z Demographic Transition and the Labor Market in Sri Lanka World Bank ADOLESCENT GIRLS AGE DISTRIBUTION AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS AGGREGATE DEMAND ARMED FORCES BABIES BABY BABY BOOM BARGAINING INSTITUTIONS BASIC WORKER RIGHTS BRAIN DRAIN CAPITAL INVESTMENT CHILD CARE CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDBEARING CLERKS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURES DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DOWNWARD PRESSURE EARNINGS REGRESSION EARNINGS REGRESSIONS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF POPULATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC THEORY EDUCATED MOTHERS ELDERLY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT INCREASE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN EMPLOYMENT POLICY EMPLOYMENT SERVICES EMPLOYMENT SHARE EQUILIBRIUM WAGES ETHNIC GROUP FAMILY SIZE FAMILY SUPPORT FAMILY WORK FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALE WORK FERTILITY FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY RATES FEWER CHILDREN FIRM SIZE FIRST UNEMPLOYMENT SPELL GENDER GENDER COMPOSITION GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER PARITY GENDER WAGE GAPS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HEALTH SERVICES HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HIV HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITIES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES IMPACT OF EDUCATION IMPACT OF POPULATION INCOME INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS JOB CREATION JOB LOSS JOB SEARCH JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE JOB SECURITY JOB SEEKERS JOB STATUS JOB VACANCIES JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET OUTCOME LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR MARKETS LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LABORERS LABOUR LABOUR FORCE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOUR MARKETS LABOUR ORGANIZATION LAM LEGAL STATUS LEGISLATORS LEVELS OF EDUCATION LOCAL LABOR MARKET LOW FERTILITY MARITAL STATUS MARRIED WOMEN MIGRANTS MINIMUM WAGES MORTALITY NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUMBER OF WORKERS NURSES OCCUPATIONS OLDER ADULTS OLDER WORKERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PAID WORKERS PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT PERSONNEL POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION CENSUSES POPULATION CHANGE POPULATION GROWTH PRELIMINARY RESULTS PREVIOUS STUDIES PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS PROBIT REGRESSION PROGRESS PROMOTING GENDER EQUITY PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEE PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR JOB PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS REGULAR WORKERS REMITTANCES RESPECT RETAIL TRADE RETIREMENT SALARIED WORKERS SECONDARY LEVELS OF EDUCATION SECRETARIES SECURITY SITUATION SERVICE SECTOR SERVICE SECTORS SEX SKILLED WORKERS TEMPORARY WORK TEMPORARY WORKERS TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY LEVEL TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL LABOR FORCE UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG WOMEN UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS UNIVERSITY EDUCATION UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS UNPAID WORKERS USAID VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE DATA WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE GAP WAGE PREMIUM WAGE PREMIUMS WAGE SUBSIDIES WAR WATER SUPPLY WDR WOMAN WORK FORCE WORKER WORKERS WORKING YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG MEN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH LABOR YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES Sri Lanka's demographic transition has significantly shaped the age distribution of the labor force and created a large working age population (World Bank 2008). Changing cohort sizes of young and old workers not only affect their own labor market outcomes (job quality, earnings), but also potentially affect growth prospects in the economy. Recovering from a 30-year conflict in the North and the East, Sri Lanka aims to accelerate growth in the medium term by substantially increasing investments. What will be the role of the labor market in delivering this growth? The service sector is expanding and accounts for nearly 60 percent of the Growth Domestic Product (GDP) and almost 40 percent of employment. However, only 56 percent of the working age population is employed, a result of low participation and high unemployment rates among women and youth. Any growth strategy will have to bring in more working age people, particularly women, into economic activity. The paper is organized as follows. The two sections that follow present an overview of the supply and demand side of the labor market. The next section discusses the ways in which the demographic transition could shape the labor market, particularly in terms of unemployment and earnings. This discussion is followed by three sections examining labor force participation and unemployment, job type, and earnings respectively. The last section concludes with some policy recommendations. 2014-04-22T19:29:52Z 2014-04-22T19:29:52Z 2012-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/17036786/demographic-transition-labor-market-sri-lanka http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17989 English en_US South Asia Human Development Sector report;no. 41 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Sri Lanka