Getting to Work: Unlocking Women's Potential in Sri Lanka's Labor Force

ISBN-13: 9781464810671 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 190 str.

The World Bank

Opis

In 2009, Sri Lanka emerged from nearly 30 years of armed conflict with more than 450,000 Internally-Displaced Persons (IDPs), a North and East in need of reconstruction and rehabilitation, and a dislocated labor market overly oriented to public sector employment and featuring newly-vulnerable groups such as "war widows." Over the past 25 years, the world has witnessed the increasing participation of women in the labor force. The growing propensity of women to work for pay is due to rising levels of economic development, increases in female education, and declines in fertility. This report uses a framework adapted from a variety of social science literatures to examine the persistence of low labor force participation rates in Sri Lanka. The study framework is built upon analysis of three key determinants of female market outcomes, namely: (i) household roles and responsibilities; (ii) human capital and skills mismatch; and (iii) gender bias.