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Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1 Study Background, Motivation, and Approach -- Introduction -- Conceptual Framework for Examining Women's Labor Market Outcomes in Sri Lanka -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Summary of Descriptive Data on Labor Market Outcomes: Demographic Changes over Time -- Gender Gaps in Labor Force Participation by Residential Sector, Age, District, and Ethnicity -- Gender Gaps in LFP by Household Income Level, Poverty, and Migration -- Gender Gaps in LFP Are Rising at All but the Highest Education Levels -- Gender Gaps in Unemployment, Wages, and Employment Type -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Hypothesis Testing: All Explanations for Women's Poor Outcomes Are Still Supported -- Household and Family Roles and Mobility Constraints Still Penalize Women in Labor Markets, Especially Women with Young Children -- Skills Mismatch and Occupational Segregation -- Gender Bias and Discrimination -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Conclusion and Way Forward: General Recommendations -- Summary -- General Recommendations (Cross-Sectoral) -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Findings and Recommended Good Practices for Five Private Sector Industries -- Information and Communication Technology -- Tea Estates -- Tourism -- Garments -- Commercial Agriculture -- Notes -- References -- Appendix A Sri Lanka: Country Gender Profile -- Appendix B Data and Methods -- Appendix C Full Regression Results from Secondary Data Analysis of Labor Market Outcomes -- Appendix D Descriptive Statistics from Primary Data Analysis -- Appendix E Key Informant Interviews -- Figures -- Figure 1.1 Labor Force Participation, by Country -- Figure 1.2 Female Labor Force Participation, by Select Country, Economic Status, and Region, 1993-2017 -- Figure 1.3 Conceptual Framework.