Morocco's Jobs Landscape: Identifying Constraints to an Inclusive Labor Market

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“…Indeed, the Moroccan economy created an average of 115,000 jobs annually between 2000 and 2010. However, this could not absorb the annual increase in the working-age population (Lopez-Acevedo et al, 2021). Over the same period, the slight increase in inequality resulted from two counter-balancing trends: convergence of development across regions and increased intra-region inequality in some regions.…”

Job Displacement and Reallocation Failure: Evidence from Climate Shocks in Morocco

“…This evidence is in line with empirical studies that show that informal workers react counter-cyclically during market shocks (Johannes et al, 2009;Loayza and Rigolini, 2011); this represents a safety net for displaced workers, who benefit from a greater flexibility in finding jobs in alternative economic activities. Still, even though informal employment may represent a temporary asset for displaced workers in agriculture, in the mid-and long-run perspective this translates into a weaker labor market attachment and a considerable obstacle to the necessary structural transformation of the labor market (Lopez-Acevedo et al, 2021).…”

“…Morocco has experienced sustained economic growth over the last two decades; however, this has not been accompanied by the effective structural transformation needed to respond to a higher demand for high-skilled workers. Labor productivity remains low; an illiterate workforce accounts for about one-third of the total and the agri-food sector, which is mostly low value added, still absorbs more than 30 percent of the total workforce (Lopez-Acevedo et al, 2021). In addition, over the years informality has remained stubbornly high, especially among women and youth.…”

Perceived Employability of Moroccan Engineering Students: a PLS-SEM Approach

“…Unfortunately, during the year 2020, the global labour market witnessed various factors including the Covid-19 pandemic (International Labour Organization, 2021), trade restrictions, and the closure of territories, which led to a deterioration characterized by a decline in the global economy, job destruction, a reduction in the number of working hours, and an increase in the unemployment rate (International Labour Organization, 2022). In fact, the Moroccan situation was not an exception, and according to the reports of the HCP (High Commission for Planning), the unemployment rate has increased between 2020 and 2021 by 2 points from 10.5 percent to 12.5 percent (Lopez-Acevedo et al, 2021). Moreover, the data adopted from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the USAID agency has shown an inflammation of the global unemployment rate among Moroccan young people aged 15 to 24 and 25 to 34 reaching the percentage of 31 percent and 18.5 percent respectively, which is considered very high in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa) where young people are two to three times more likely to face unemployment than other groups in society (Akerbib et al, 2020;Lopez-Acevedo et al, 2021).…”