For a long time, schools were seen as a sanctuary, and the economy as an independent sphere. However, the strong interrelationships between success, educational pathways and social position are well established. This issue illustrates how

This issue deals with the professionalisation of education. In the communications media, among politicians and among decision-makers, the cause is heard: professionalisation would be an obvious answer to unemployment.

Mobility is an important (lifelong) issue for training and employment. This Formation Emploi issue highlights the existence of a double social and spatial distance. Sometimes, being mobile creates training or employment opportunities. This

This issue of Formation Emploi explores the training-employment-work relationships for people with disabilities. Indeed, these people are particularly affected by unemployment and by lesser access to qualifications.

The texts in this issue highlight, each in its specific way, the importance of the international dimension for the Mexican economy. It is an opportunity to look at cross-border movements, multilingualism and, in a certain way, migrations. In France,

Analysis of insertion paths has progressed significantly in recent decades. It is therefore useful to better understand what makes the different pathways identified possible, or impossible. This issue of Formation Emploi explores some aspects of

Agriculture is now a very small part of the business. Nevertheless, it is a field at the heart of essential activities, as the crisis resulting from Covid 19 reminds us. The specificity of training in this field results both from a global reflection

This issue of Formation Emploi explores the professional socialisation of young people who attended technical and vocational schools,  in different countries.

Special edition: English full-text articles Germany is well-known internationally for its apprenticeship system, but do we really know it? The first objective of this thematic issue will be to go beyond the superficial (re)

The articles in this issue highlight, each in their own way and in their field of activity, the complexity of the professionalisation process and its dependence both on the socio-educational context, the economic situation and the involvement of

This issue of Formation Emploi explores the concept of support, whether it is a question of studying, in the light of labour law, the support of young people towards adult employee status, the intensive and effective support of young unemployed

The past 20 years have seen numerous reforms in Italy, which has turned the country into a testing ground for changes in employment policies. This new issue of “Formation Emploi” is given over to an analysis of the Italian labour market reforms, from

Being competent” or “having the skills”… Both expressions could be used but both of them have many meanings. People can have one or several skills. The term “skills” has also different interpretations : it could mean knowledge, know-how or soft

Early school-leaving is declining, both in France and across Europe. The early school-leaving rate has fallen from 13% to 9% in ten years. By focusing on the regions, an intermediate level between national policy and individual education and labour

In this edition we ask: does a return to training or education offer real opportunities? Certain specific characteristics of French society and of the situation of the less well-qualified young people who are experiencing greater difficulties than

How can young people successfully manage their departure from the education system and their early careers? This issue explores a lot of answers to these questions and challenges normative representations of the school-to-work transition. It sheds

Work-linked training has been promoted for decades, as evidenced by the latest ongoing reform. However, despite its many merits and the relative financial benefits it provides for companies, its development does not yet match expectations. This

This Formation Emploi special report is devoted to the entrepreneurial mindset. The entrepreneurial dynamic is indeed so sweeping in its range and implications that it extends well beyond the founding of an enterprise, even if market and non-market