mauritius

Unemployment benefits are very effective in highly informal labour markets

Submitted by pmassetti on
URL
https://voxdev.org/topic/social-protection/unemployment-benefits-are-very-effec…

VoxDev (20.03.24) Evidence from Mauritius shows the consequences of losing a formal job in a labour market characterised by high rates of informal employment are significant. Unemployment benefits help mitigate these effects, while generating only small disincentive effects on labour supply.

Regions / Country
mauritius
Topics
Employment
Document Type
news
Status
Published_SS_Monitor