- Faculty of Business
- Department of Decision Sciences
- Senior Lecturer Grade II
Contact information
Department of Decision Sciences
Faculty of Business
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Probability and Statistics II -Undergraduate -2020
Introduction to Econometrics -Undergraduate -2020
Financial Econometrics -Undergraduate -2020
Economics for Finance -Postgraduate -2020
Management Decisionmaking -Postgraduate -2020
Research Activities
Economics of education
population economics
macro-development
applied econometrics
Education and Professional Affiliations
PhD, London School of Economics ,2017 Economics
Masters, London School of Economics ,2013 Econometrics and Mathematical Economics
Bachelors, University of Colombo ,2011 BA (Economics Special)
Career
Honours and Awards
Publications*
Tiloka de Silva,".The Impact Of Private Tutoring On Higher Education Outcomes: Evidence From South Korea.",Emerald Publishing Limited,,2021
J Gawarammana, H Senaratne, P Midellawala, R Chathuranga, and SM Dassanayake,".Evaluating Sri Lankan Regional Electricity Demand During COVID-19 Restrictions Using VIIRS Nighttime Light Intensity: An Image-Based Statistical Analysis.",4th International Conference on Data Analytics for Business and Industry,Bahrain,2023,234-238
Vishaka Nanayakkara, Buddhika Karunarathne, Malik Ranasinghe, Eshana Ranasinghe,".e-Learning Interactions and Academic Outcomes: an Analysis of Undergraduates in Sri Lanka.",European Conference on e-Learning 2023,South Africa,2023,88-96
Eshana Ranasinghe, Vishaka Nanayakkara, Buddhika Karunarathne, Malik Ranasinghe, K.A.B.J.W Gunarathna, Sumudu Jayathissa,".A Comprehensive Analysis of Student Behaviour in Open.uom.lk: A Large-scale Asynchronous Open Online Platform.",European Conference on e-Learning 2023,South Africa,2023,270-279
Uvini Ranaweera, Bawun Mawitagama, Sanduni Liyanage, Sandupa Keshan, and Supun Hewawalpita,".Comparison of Machine Learning Models to Classify Documents on Digital Development.",Data Science and Artificial Intelligence 2023,Thailand,2023,59-73
Vathsala Wickramasinghe,".Teaching and Working from home: Gender differentials in the impact of Covid-19 on university academics in Sri Lanka.",6th International Conference on Business Research ,Colombo,2023,
R.M.H.D. Bandara, H.A.S.S. Gunasekara, W.A.D.S. Peiris, W.M.H.C. Wijekoon, S.G.S. Hewawalpita, T.S. de Silva and H.M.S.C. Rathnayake,".Information Extraction from Sri Lankan Job Advertisements via Rule-Based Approach.",International Conference on Business Research,Online,2021,143-152
R.L.C. Shyama and Tiloka de Silva,".The future of the government pension expenses: Projecting the cost of the public servant’s pension scheme in Sri Lanka.",International Conference on Applied and Pure Sciences,Online,2021,82
R.L.C. Shyama and Tiloka de Silva,".The old-age income profile of the elderly in Sri Lanka.",DemARS 2020,University of Colombo,2020,181-189
Abilashini Jeyaratnam, I. Mahakalanda and Tiloka de Silva,".Travel Demand Analytics Based Customer Service Decision Model.",3rd International Conference on Business Research,University of Moratuwa,2020,232-250
Tiloka de Silva, G Kodituwakku and D A S D Ratnayake,".Development of Mathematics Competency in Primary School Children in Sri Lanka.",67th Annual Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS),Colombo,2011,168
Tiloka de Silva, G Kodituwakku and D A S D Ratnayake,".Determinants of Mathematics Outcomes Among Primary School Students in Sri Lanka.",International Conference on the Social Sciences and Humanities,University of Peradeniya,2011,92-95
Tiloka de Silva,".Preferences for undergraduate university programs in Sri Lanka: evidence from a costless application system.",Higher Education,,2023
RLC Shyama,".Sustainability of the Public Servant’s Pension Scheme in Sri Lanka.",Sri Lanka Journal of Economic Research,11(1),2023
RLC Shyama and Tiloka de Silva,".Direct and Indirect Income Support and Their Determinants: Developing an Income Profile for Older Adults in Sri Lanka.",Journal of Population and Social Studies,30,2022
Tiloka de Silva and Vathsala Wickramasinghe,".STEM vs non-STEM differences in university teaching and research during the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of Sri Lanka.",International Journal of Educational Management,Vol. 36 No. 5,2022
Dileepa Senajith Ediriweera, Tiloka de Silva, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Hithanadura Janaka de Silva, Peter Diggle,".Geographically regulated designs of incidence surveys can match the precision of classical survey designs whilst requiring smaller sample sizes: the case of snakebite envenoming in Sri Lanka.",BMJ Global Health,,2022
Tiloka de Silva and Silvana Tenreyro,".Climate-Change Pledges, Actions and Outcomes.",Journal of the European Economic Association,19,2021
Tiloka de Silva, Supun Gothama and Priyantha Premakumara,".Admissions quotas in university education: Targeting and mismatch under Sri Lanka’s affirmative action policy .",International Journal of Educational Development,84,2021
Tiloka de Silva and Silvana Tenreyro,".The Large Fall in Global Fertility: A Quantitative Model.",American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics,12,2020
Tiloka de Silva and Silvana Tenreyro,".Population Policies and Fertility Convergence.",Journal of Economic Perspectives,31,2017
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