ABSTRACT
The Moroccan labour market is segmented and large differences in working conditions persist between jobs in the public sector, jobs in the formal private sector and jobs in the private informal sector. Informal employment is widespread in Morocco among men and women and is particularly high among young people. Significant efforts have been devoted to reducing informality among Moroccan workers, including legal changes and active employment programmes. This study analyses the impact of two laws aimed at the formalisation of employment (the law on domestic employment and the law on the self-employed). It shows that the enactment of the law is not generally sufficient to ensure the movement of workers from informal jobs to formal jobs. The issue of informality is more important for women, for certain sectors of the economy such as construction and trade, for certain types of employment such as temporary jobs and for the most vulnerable such as families where the head of household works informally.
