Browsing by Author "Madushani, B.D.A."

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Impact of economic & social factors to change of lobour force participation behaviour pattern
(Department of Accountancy, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Madushani, B.D.A.
The labour force participation refers to the number of people who are either employed or are actively looking for work under the above 10 years old. A measure of the active portion of an economy's labor force. The number of people who are no longer actively searching for work would not be included in the participation rate. During an economic recession many workers often get discouraged and stop looking for employment, as a result, the participation rate decreases. (Hauser, 1973) Economic & social factors, mortality, migration Fertility effect to this differentiation or reduction. This paper estimate to get good decisions in labour market related on balance with labour supply & demand. At Consider the labour force participation in Sri Lanka, can understand the different on a labour force participation according to different age level. Further this differentiation also differs on the gender. Therefore according to sex rate differ in an effective rate & ineffective rate. In this research main objective is identify the factors to effect of this differentiation. In this research sub objectives are identify the impact of Fertility to change of labour force participation, identify the effect of mortality rate to change of labour force, Identify the impact of migration to change the labour force & identify the economic & social factors to change of the labour force participation.
The Relationship between Credit Risk and Bank Performance: A Study of Commercial Banks in Sri Lanka
(Department of Accountancy, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Madushani, B.D.A.; Madurapperuma, M.W.
Credit risk is the most important part of all commercial banks performing their works around the world. The objective of this study is to identify the relationship between credit risk and commercial banks performance in Sri Lanka. This study based on secondary data and data were obtained from various sources such as selected commercial banks annual reports, relevant articles, books and magazines etc. The panel data of a ten year period from 2006 to 2015 from the selected ten banks were used to examine the relationship between credit risk and commercial banks performance. Furthermore, Return on Assets (ROA) used as a profitability indicator while Non-Performing Loan to Total Loan Ratio (NPLR), Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) and Total Loan to Deposits Ratio (LTDR) used as credit risk indicators. The correlation and regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between credit risk and profitability indicators during the period and study by using E-views software. According to the empirical results, it was observed that NPLR and CAR has negative significant relationship with the commercial banks profitability and LTDR has positive significant relationship with the commercial banks profitability. Then this study concluded the credit risk has a significant relationship with the bank profitability. Therefore, this study recommended the banks to implement an effective tools and techniques to reduce the credit risk of commercial banks in Sri Lanka.