01735cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF008712 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451874587 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Wage Compression, Employment Restrictions and Unemployment : The Case of Mauritius. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004. 1 online resource (21 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Governments often intervene in labor markets with the aim of reducing inequality and promoting employment. Such intervention often results in wage compression and restrictions on how firms use their workers. This paper investigates the impact of such interventions on the labor market conditions faced by low-skill workers in Mauritius. It finds that even relatively minor intervention can dramatically increase the fragility of jobs, the length of unemployment spells, as well as the extent of unemployment and labor market churning. With institutions of the type studied here common across many different types of countries, these results have relatively general implications. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/205 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2004/205/001.2004.issue-205-en.xml IMF e-Library