The Labour Market Experience of University Graduates in Sri Lanka

Autor/in	Chandrasiri, Sunil
Titel	The Labour Market Experience of University Graduates in Sri Lanka
Quelle	In: Higher Education Policy, 21 (2008) 3, S.405-423 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733
DOI	10.1057/palgrave.hep.8300164
Schlagwörter	Economic Progress; Higher Education; Labor Market; College Graduates; Foreign Countries; Developing Nations; Educational Environment; Economic Factors; Educational Policy; Structural Unemployment; Role of Education; Supply and Demand; Sri Lanka + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Ausland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Ökonomischer Faktor; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsauftrag; Bedarfsplanung; Ceylon
Abstract	Graduate unemployment has been a major socio-politico-economic problem in the small open economy of Sri Lanka for the past 35 years. The nature of the problem, causal factors and policy responses are examined in this paper with a special focus on the role of higher education within a highly competitive and knowledge-based economic environment. The evidence reveals that the problem of graduate unemployment is not entirely a university problem. It is mostly a structural issue that requires a positive response from both demand and supply sides of the labour market. On the demand side, it involves high economic growth promoted through institutional and policy support, while on the supply side, universities need to be more dynamic and market oriented in the delivery of graduate output. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10