The impact of unemployment on career paths An analysis from the FQP survey

Taking into account the periods of unemployment and their duration, lets describe the functioning of different segments of the French labor market related to professional mobility. Unemployment duration is positively correlated with the probability of changing occupation, of switching to a precarious contract or to a part-time job, or even of experiencing a downwards social mobility. However, a rating (scoring) of professional situations within five years highlights the fact that part of the people who went through unemployment can benefit from “ports of entry” (career ladders) leading to upwards mobilities or to stable jobs. Professional careers of affected by unemployment people appear so to be very heterogeneous. This paper carries on lessons from previous studies on professional mobility.