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First stage
a) Labour supply matrix
Two sources are used to compile this matrix, the Labour Force Survey (LFS
and Administrative data. Exploitation of the results of the first survey allowed
us to elaborate a matrix of the economically active population by industry and
status in employment while referring to other administrative data to
approximate the total coverage of the employed population.
To ensure the consistency of the data set, we converted the occupied
labor force matrix to a Full-time equivalent employment (FTE) matrix
using data on number of hours worked for the main and secondary jobs
of the employed workforce.
b) Labour demand matrix
It is a matrix developed from the statements of the firms on the number of
jobs they generate. In Morocco, the labour demanded is reported in structural
surveys realised by the statistical office, namely, surveys on economic
structures carried out among organized companies and the survey on the
informal sector. These two sources provided us with the information needed
to set up the Labour demand matrix.
To produce comparable estimates of labour in the supply and use sides,
the number of hours worked by permanent and non-permanent individuals
given by structural surveys and the informal sector survey were used to
establish the Labour demand matrix broken down by economic activity, status
in employment and by formal and informal sector.
Second step
Given that the sampling method used in Labour Force Survey does not
ensure the representativeness of the results at a very fine level of industries’
classification. It should be noted that we have undertaken this step at an
aggregate level that allows analysis by industry.
The second stage concerned the arbitration, analysis and comparison
between Labour supply matrix and the Labour demand matrix. This work led
to the detection of the discrepancies in the labour inputs reported by
businesses in enterprise and informal surveys, and the labour inputs reported
by individuals in Labour Force Survey and to the identification of activities
showing these discrepancies. The differences in labour input, by industry, are
normally the volume of undeclared work or not recorded by statistical surveys
and to which an output must be assigned using the output per unit of labour
input or value added per unit of labour input for the same activity.
Third step
Once the output is estimated, it is integrated into the central framework
of national accounts system, to begin the iterative process of arbitration
between the data, permitted by the use of the Supply and Use Table (SUT).

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