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  "title": "Mauritius: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix",
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  "summary": "This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix provide background information and analytical support for key policy issues discussed in the 2004 Article IV Consultation discussions with Mauritius.",
  "publishDate": "2005-08-09",
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      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Provides background information and analytical support for key policy issues discussed in the 2004 Article IV Consultation discussions with Mauritius.\n- Assesses the impact of the erosion of trade preferences on exports, growth, and employment.\n- Analyzes labor market institutions and low-skilled employment in Mauritius."
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      "heading": "Key findings, projections, and assessment focus",
      "content": "- Impact of trade preference erosion is assessed under two scenarios:\n  - a moderate scenario\n  - an extreme scenario\n- To quantify adverse impacts, the paper estimates:\n  - various elasticities of GDP growth to exports\n  - elasticities of unemployment to growth"
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      "heading": "Analytical methods and scenarios",
      "content": "- Uses scenario analysis (moderate and extreme) to evaluate effects on:\n  - exports\n  - economic growth\n  - employment/unemployment\n- Employs elasticity estimation to link:\n  - changes in exports to GDP growth\n  - changes in GDP growth to unemployment outcomes"
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      "heading": "Labor market analysis",
      "content": "- Detailed examination of:\n  - labor market institutions\n  - low-skilled employment\n- Investigates issues relevant to:\n  - labor market rigidity\n  - wage compression\n  - quality firm-worker match"
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      "heading": "Subjects and keywords covered",
      "content": "- Subjects: Agricultural commodities; Commodities; Corporate bonds; Financial institutions; Financial markets; Inflation targeting; Labor; Labor markets; Monetary policy; Securities markets; Unemployment\n- Keywords: Africa; Agricultural commodities; article IV consultation report; bond market; corporate bond bond market; Corporate bonds; CR; Global; Inflation targeting; ISCR; labor market rigidity; Mauritius; quality firm-worker match; Securities markets; Southeast Asia; Unemployment; wage compression; Western Europe; worker\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Cr05280 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/mauritius-selected-issues-and-statistical-appendix-18475"
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    "Published: August 9, 2005",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451827804.002",
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    "Assesses the impact of the erosion of trade preferences on exports, growth, and employment.",
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    "Impact of trade preference erosion is assessed under two scenarios:",
    "To quantify adverse impacts, the paper estimates:",
    "Uses scenario analysis (moderate and extreme) to evaluate effects on:",
    "Employs elasticity estimation to link:",
    "Detailed examination of:",
    "Investigates issues relevant to:",
    "Subjects: Agricultural commodities; Commodities; Corporate bonds; Financial institutions; Financial markets; Inflation targeting; Labor; Labor markets; Monetary policy; Securities markets; Unemployment",
    "Keywords: Africa; Agricultural commodities; article IV consultation report; bond market; corporate bond bond market; Corporate bonds; CR; Global; Inflation targeting; ISCR; labor market rigidity; Mauritius; quality firm-worker match; Securities markets; Southeast Asia; Unemployment; wage compression; Western Europe; worker",
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