Mauritius : Unemployment and the Role of Institutions /

Despite strong economic growth, a "U"-curve unemployment phenomenon in Mauritius can be observed. Unemployment plunged from 21 percent to less than 4 percent between the early 1980s and the early 1990s, but this trend was reversed and the rate increased to 10 percent by end-2002. This pape...

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Autor principal: Yao, James
Otros Autores: McDonald, Calvin
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/211
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF
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