Graduates are more numerous among those aged 30 to 49

Is a higher education diploma a key to the job market? This criterion is added to that of sex and age, in a note from France Stratégie, to analyze the evolution of participation in the labor market since 1983. Currently, the activity rate reaches 80% of the population. aged 25 to 64 and has increased by 7 points for thirty-five years. That of women increased by 17 points, while for men it fell by 3 points.

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First observation: the gap between the sexes is two times smaller among graduates of higher education than among those with less education. In addition, if it is at the median ages (30-49 years) that participation in the labor market is highest, higher education graduates do indeed have a systematically higher activity rate.

In detail, we can see that since 1983 the activity rate of men with higher education qualifications has remained almost stable (currently 92.6%).

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