Mauritius: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

IMF Staff Country Reports, October 14, 2003

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• Published: October 14, 2003
• Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451827774.002

Analytical model of unemployment and main findings

• Outlines a simple analytical model to explain the unemployment puzzle, especially the U-curve phenomenon.
• Focuses on explaining the persistence and shape of unemployment (U-curve) in Mauritius.
• Emphasizes the role of skill composition and labor market frictions in generating unemployment patterns.

Institutional imperfections and policy recommendations

• Analyzes central institutional imperfections that characterize the existing Mauritian labor market.
• Suggests possible reforms to address market rigidities and improve labor outcomes.
• Policy directions implied by the review include reforms related to:
  • collective bargaining arrangements,
  • labor market institutions,
  • measures to enhance job creation and adjust the skill premium,
  • interventions to improve outcomes for unskilled workers and skilled labor alignment.

IMF projections, estimates, and data reviewed

• Reviews IMF projections and estimates on:
  • consolidated monetary survey,
  • summary accounts of the Bank of Mauritius,
  • commercial banks and offshore banks,
  • balance of payments,
  • summary of the tax systems and government finances,
  • sugar cultivation, yields and output,
  • real growth rates of expenditure on gross domestic product,
  • gross domestic product real growth rates by industrial origin and at current prices, 1998–2002,
  • and additional related macroeconomic and sectoral indicators.

Publication metadata and key statistics

• Publication date: October 14, 2003
• Pages: 83
• Volume: 2003
• Issue: 320
• Series: Country Report No. 2003/320
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451827774.002
• Stock No: 1MUSEA0022003
• ISBN: 9781451827774
• ISSN: 1934-7685

Subjects and keywords

• Subjects: Labor, Labor force, Labor market institutions, Skilled labor, Unemployment, Wages
• Keywords: capital stock, collective bargaining, CR, Europe, ISCR, job creation, Labor force, labor market, Labor market institutions, production function, skill premium, Skilled labor, Unemployment, unemployment rate, unskilled worker, Wages

Source: IMF Staff Country Reports — Mauritius: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix (October 14, 2003).

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