Any attempt to construct a detailed vision of the conditions under which individuals access employment has to take into account structural changes in the functioning of the labour market. Céreq analyses the role the following play in the early years of the working life: the public service, entrepreneurship and the transition into or entrapment in fixed-term contracts, which has become the commonest mode of entry into employment. Studies have also investigated the development of multiple careers and of employment in the sharing economy for young people and throughout individuals’ entire career trajectories.
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Since the 1980s, all OECD countries have seen significant increases in the share of their populations completing their education with a higher education qualification. This drive to raise education levels is intended to help national economies deal with rapid changes. While it is still too early to assess the scale of the effects of these changes over the long term, we can legitimately seek to…
Employment instability and economic uncertainty have increased in many industrialized countries in the last two decades, giving rise to perceived employment insecurity among workers. It has been shown that perceived job insecurity (PJI) significantly modifies economic behaviours such as saving, consumption and entry to further education, reduces job performance and generates adverse health and…
The authors (Catherine Béduwé, Arnaud Dupray and Assâad El Akremi) explore how perceived job insecurity (PJI) evolves with time among early careers using a cohort of French school leavers over the period 1998-2008. The study intends to clarify why PJI increases both with years of experience and tenure in a firm in contradiction with expectations. The human capital content of experience and…
Aún en los casos donde, a priori, gozan de estabilidad laboral, los jóvenes al comienzo de su itinerario profesional son más móviles que el conjunto de los activos. Cerca de un tercio de ellos cambian de empresa en el curso del cuarto o quinto año de vida activa. Por otra parte, la cuarta parte realiza una movilidad interna, es decir, cambian de actividad, de profesión o ven aumentar su…