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J Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), 201, 203, 213, 246, 251 Japan and performance efficiency of TEVT institutions, 108 Jayawardena, Priyanka, 5, 7, 19, 28, 69 job counseling, 14, 72, 106, 108, 190 job creation, 7–8 defined, 61b impediments to, 7 policy recommendations for, 12–13 rate of, 61b, 62f, 62t slow job creation hypothesis, 70, 72, 85–86, 115, 134–35 job destruction, 61b, 62f, 62t job flows, measurement of, 60, 61b, 62f, 62t, 65 job satisfaction of university graduates, 132–33, 132t Jobsnet, 7, 29, 69–89, 124. See also job vacancies data, 70, 72–73, 73t described, 47n1, 72, 87n1 limitations of data, 73, 78, 86–87 profile of data records, 73–85 job vacancies, 69–89 age and experience and, 76–77 data from Jobsnet, 70, 72–73, 73t education, skills, and training and, 77–81, 84t employment duration, 82–85 findings and recommendations, 85–86 framework for analysis, 70–72 gender and, 75–76 limitations of data, 73, 78, 86–87 location of, 74–75 occupation and, 81–82, 81t, 83t overseas employment and, 154–55, 155–57t, 157–58 profile of data records, 73–85 top 10 types and preferences of job seekers, 79, 80t Junior Achievement Worldwide, 183, 184 JVP. See Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
K Kemper, Y., 257 Kenyon, P., 193n1 Korea and performance efficiency of TEVT institutions, 108 Kottegoda, Sepali, 151–52, 153
Kugler, Adriana D., 57 Kurukulasuriya, P., 238n2 Kyro, P., 194n16
L Labor Commissioner, 58 labor force participation rates of youth, 2, 22–28, 25t, 47 Labor Force Survey (LFS)/quarterly (QLFS) as data source, 21 described, 219–20, 238n4 employment categories of, 34 formal vs. informal, 37 on private sector wages, 88n9 skill categories of, 29 TVET and, 98, 99, 100 on underemployment, 38 on unemployment rate, 40, 115 Labor Market Information Bulletin (LMIB), 73–79, 85, 88n2, 88n8 labor market institutions and segmentation of market, 49–68 employment protection legislation, impact of, 7–8, 57–64. See also Termination of Employment of Workmen Act of 1971 (TEWA) informal employment, 50–52t, 50–53. See also informal employment policy recommendations for, 65 wage-setting institutions, 7, 8, 53–57, 65 labor market trends, 19–48. See also labor market institutions and segmentation of market data and definitions, 21, 47 earnings patterns and trends, 43–45, 44t employment-to-population ratio, 20, 28, 29t, 31–32 foreign employment, 33–34 formal and informal employment, 37–38 imbalance based on evidence from Jobsnet, 69–89. See also Jobsnet policy recommendations for, 45–46 sector of employment, 34, 35t sources of employment, 32–38 status in employment, 32–33 type of employment, 33t, 34–36 underemployment trends, 38–39 unemployment trends, 19–20, 39–42, 41f, 45–46 wage deterioration, 20