## Mauritius: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

_IMF Staff Country Reports, August 9, 2005_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: August 9, 2005
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451827804.002

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### Overview
- Provides background information and analytical support for key policy issues discussed in the 2004 Article IV Consultation discussions with Mauritius.
- Assesses the impact of the erosion of trade preferences on exports, growth, and employment.
- Analyzes labor market institutions and low-skilled employment in Mauritius.

### Key findings, projections, and assessment focus
- Impact of trade preference erosion is assessed under two scenarios:
  - a moderate scenario
  - an extreme scenario
- To quantify adverse impacts, the paper estimates:
  - various elasticities of GDP growth to exports
  - elasticities of unemployment to growth

### Analytical methods and scenarios
- Uses scenario analysis (moderate and extreme) to evaluate effects on:
  - exports
  - economic growth
  - employment/unemployment
- Employs elasticity estimation to link:
  - changes in exports to GDP growth
  - changes in GDP growth to unemployment outcomes

### Labor market analysis
- Detailed examination of:
  - labor market institutions
  - low-skilled employment
- Investigates issues relevant to:
  - labor market rigidity
  - wage compression
  - quality firm-worker match

### Subjects and keywords covered
- 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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