Interview

20 Years After the CPE: What Employment Policy for Young People?

Jérôme Gautié, professor at CES and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne appeared on February 9 on the radio program Entendez-vous l’éco ?

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Twenty years ago, widespread protests led to the withdrawal of the CPE (First Employment Contract). Since then, numerous programs focused on training and support have been introduced, sometimes at the risk of keeping young people in a precarious transitional phase in the labor market.

Speakers:

Florence Ihaddadene, sociologist specializing in youth and work, Associate Professor at the University of Picardie Jules Verne

Jérôme Gautié, Professor of Economics at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Further reading:

Jérôme Gautié, Le salaire minimum et l’emploi (Presses de Sciences Po, 2020)