The level of qualification obtained still plays a part in determining the quality of the education-to-work transition. Three years after leaving the education system, the vast majority of these higher education graduates were in employment (85%, 2016 survey of the 2013 cohort of leavers). For all that, tracking of trajectories over the long term shows that the increasing numbers of higher education graduates are seeing a decline in their chances of obtaining cadre status and with it the salaries that, to earlier cohorts, seemed consistent with their level of education. The expansion of higher education has raised many questions, such as the diversification of courses, placements and the increasingly vocational nature of courses and the specific problems of certain qualifications and selection processes.
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How have the working lives of young people in their thirties, the “hard core” of the economically active population in employment, been affected by the health crisis of 2020? The results of the Génération survey: Covid et après? (After Covid what?) serve to document the varied situations of…
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…
For those who obtained their PhDs in 2010, research remains the main opening. If they embark on careers in public-sector research, their trajectories during the first five years of their working lives are synonymous with periods of temporary employment of varying lengths. These trajectories contrast sharply with those of PhDs who seek employment in the private sector at a very early stage in…