Against the background of a weak economic recovery, access to employment for young people in the 2013 cohort was slightly more favourable than for the preceding cohort.

In 2016, three years after they had left the education system, one young worker in five was looking for a job; in the case of those with only lower secondary qualifications, the figure was one in two. These levels are considerably higher than those recorded before the crisis.

Training & employment n° 129

Emilie Gaubert, Valentine Henrard, Alexie Robert, Pascale Rouaud, 2016 survey of the 2013 cohort : No improvement in the education-to-work transition for young people with lower secondary qualifications only in Training and employment n° 129 (May-June 2017). – 4 p.