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UNINA9910794165503321 |
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Solotaroff Jennifer L |
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Getting to Work : : Unlocking Women's Potential in Sri Lanka's Labor Force / / Jennifer L. Solotaroff |
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Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2020 |
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1 online resource (190 pages) |
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Directions in development (Washington, D.C.) |
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JosephGeorge |
KuriakoseAnne T |
SethiJayati |
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Commercial Agriculture |
Discrimination |
Disparity |
Economic Growth |
Female |
Garment Sector |
Gender |
Gender Gap |
Gender Norms |
Human Capital |
ICT |
Information Communications Technology |
Labor Force Participation |
Labor Market |
Skills Training |
Social Norms |
Tourism |
Vocational Training |
Women |
Sri Lanka Economic conditions |
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Sri Lanka has shown remarkable persistence in low female labor force participation rates-at 36 percent from 2015 to 2017, compared with 75 percent for same-aged men-despite overall economic growth and poverty reduction over the past decade. The trend stands in contrast to the country's achievements in human capital development that favor women, such as high levels of female education and low total fertility rates, as well as its status as an upper-middle-income country. This study intends to better understand the puzzle of women's poor labor market outcomes in Sri Lanka. Using nationally representative secondary survey data-as well as primary qualitative and quantitative research-it tests three hypotheses that would explain gender gaps in labor market outcomes: (1) household roles and responsibilities, which fall disproportionately on women, and the associated sociophysical constraints on women's mobility; (2) a human capital mismatch, whereby women are not acquiring the proper skills demanded by job markets; and (3) gender discrimination in job search, hiring, and promotion processes. Further, the analysis provides a comparison of women's experience of the labor market between the years leading up to the end of Sri Lanka's civil war (2006-09) and the years following the civil war (2010-15). The study recommends priority areas for addressing the multiple supply- and demand-side factors to improve women's labor force participation rates and reduce other gender gaps in labor market outcomes. It also offers specific recommendations for improving women's participation in the five private sector industries covered by the primary research: commercial agriculture, garments, tourism, information and communication technology, and tea estate work. The findings are intended to influence policy makers, educators, and employment program practitioners with a stake in helping Sri Lanka achieve its vision of inclusive and sustainable job creation and economic growth. The study also aims to contribute to the work of research institutions and civil society in identifying the most effective means of engaging more women- and their untapped potential for labor, innovation, and productivity-in Sri Lanka's future. |
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UNINA9910814551403321 |
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Autore |
Vergara Wilson Damián Chase |
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Categorization and constructional change in Spanish expressions of 'becoming' / / Damián Vergara Wilson |
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Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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1 online resource (255 p.) |
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Brill's Studies in Historical Linguistics, , 2211-4904 ; ; Volume 4 |
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Spanish language - Figures of speech |
Spanish language - Verb |
Spanish language - Adverbs |
Historical linguistics |
Construction grammar |
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Includes index. |
Revised from author's dissertation "Formulaic language and adjective categories in eight centuries of the Spanish expression of 'becoming' /quedar(se)/ + ADJ", University of New Mexico, 2009. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 ‘Becoming’ in Spanish -- 3 Data and Methods -- 4 Overview of quedar(se) + adj through Time -- 5 The solo ‘Alone’ Clusters: Continual Expansion with a Robust Central Member -- 6 The rico / pobre ‘Rich / Poor’ Clusters: The Relationship of Opposites in Category Development -- 7 The alegre / satisfecho ‘Happy / Satisfied’ Clusters: Family Resemblance and Changing Central Members -- 8 Similarity Experiment -- 9 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Adjective Clusters and Tables not Analyzed -- Appendix 2: Sources in the qad -- Works Cited -- Index. |
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In Categorization and Constructional Change Damián Vergara Wilson uses the Spanish change-of-state construction quedar(se) + ADJ to analyze the impact of categorization on constructional change and productivity in data spanning eight centuries. In usage, the appearance of one adjective in the construction triggers the emergence of related ones through analogical extension propelling the expansion of |
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semantic categories of adjectives. Categories develop in different ways reflecting the characteristics of their members in terms of semantics and conventionalization. Emergence tends to relate to the ability of one construction to attract adjective types away from another. This study gives insight into the cognitive status and complex evolution of a schematic construction in a way that supports an instance-based model of memory. |
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