Céreq studies the discrimination young people encounter as they embark on the transition from education into work. An individual suffers discrimination in the labour market when they see themselves treated less favourably than another on the basis of a criterion that has no legitimate connection with the work to be done. This may occur during hiring or when seeking promotion, determining remuneration levels, seeking access to continuing training, etc. The question of discrimination in the labour market is now firmly embedded in the social debate. The studies focus in particular on the specific difficulties individuals from immigrant backgrounds encounter in the labour market, the persistence of inequalities between men and women, the education-to-work transition among young people in disadvantaged neighbourhoods, people with handicaps, the place of seniors in the workplace etc. It remains difficult to measure discrimination and disentangling what is due to discriminatory practices and what is due to social inequalities is a complex undertaking. Numerous studies have also investigated inequalities in both access to training and career trajectories.
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High-school students from priority neighbourhoods face specific difficulties in obtaining the bac and going on to higher education. Above and beyond the effects linked to their social background, does the fact of living in a priority neighbourhood have its own impact on their post-bac trajectories and their education-to-work transition? Céreq and the Agence nationale de…
About the school to work transition
The theme chosen for this first issue - the School-to-Work Transition - underpins a large part of Céreq’s scientific activities since its inception. Written by a former Scientific Director of Céreq, José Rose, professor of sociology, the introductory article presents different transition models showing the various ways education and work can be organized and linked to each other, as well as…
And women became better qualified than men...
Over the last two decades across Europe, young women’s position in the labour market has improved. Better qualified and with participation rates on the increase, they have also begun to narrow the pay gap and to gain access to occupations and sectors that used to be largely male preserves. In France, however, this convergence between men and women has been driven in part by a deterioration in…
During their first three years in the labour market, almost one young person out of six in the cohort gained rapid access to stable employment. Even among those with five years' higher education or PhDs, the children of managers and executives (cadres) are more likely to follow trajectories leading them to stable employment. The impact of social background on qualifications obtained has repercussions subsequently on labour market entry…
02 October 2018
In 2013, the share of young women employed in management positions three years after their entry into the labour market reached parity for the first time with that for young men. Nevertheless, their access to management jobs at the beginning of their working lives still does not match the scale of their investment in education. The process of catching up with their male counterparts by…
Switzerland seems to be blessed indeed: low unemployment rate, pride of place given to vocational training and apprenticeships, close links between training programmes and the labour market … Over and above all that, this project encourages us to discover the mechanisms at work, and the challenges they present.