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Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET): the role of basic competencies

A  top priority for public policies at both national and European levels, young people  who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) face a risk of exclusion that  varies in intensity from country to country. While education...

Training and Employment, n° 154 , October 2021, 4 p.
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The early careers of the second generations: a double ethnic penalty?

Young people from North African origin have greater difficulty in finding employment than their counterparts of French origin. And once they do manage to find employment, their jobs tend to be of lower quality. Thus they appear to suffer from a doubl...

Training and Employment, n° 119 , February 2016, 4 p.
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Do young graduates with professional and vocational master's degrees regard themselves as competent to hold their jobs?

Professional and vocational courses requiring 5 years’ post-secondary study are supposed to meet specific needs for competences in a given area of employment. Young graduates believe they have acquired the specific competences they think their employ...

Training and Employment, n° 118 , December 2015, 4 p. p.
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Recognition of higher education graduates' competences on European labour markets

The number of students attending higher education institutions has more than doubled in Europe during the last twenty-five years. The resulting flow of graduates on the labour market may justify the doubts expressed about these young people's career...

Training and Employment, n° 83 , December 2008, 4 p.