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Job ads: A public but targeted information. A French Labour Force Surveys analysis (2003-2012)
[Les annonces d’offre d’emploi : une information publique mais ciblée. Exploitation de l’enquête Emploi (2003-2012)]

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  • Guillemette de Larquier

    (CLERSÉ - Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, EconomiX - EconomiX - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Géraldine Rieucau

    (LED - Laboratoire d'Economie Dionysien - UP8 - Université Paris 8)

Abstract

According to the Labour Force Surveys (2003-2012), job ads in France are the most common way of searching for job information: nearly eight out of ten job seekers study them, nearly half of them do not answer and finally less than 7 % of employees have found their job through a job ad. To analyze the functioning of this channel, the article highlights both the self-selection induced by job ads and the unmediated selection of applicants who find their jobs by answering a job ad. It appears that diploma is a selection criterion at all stages of the process, and that jobs found by ads are mostly permanent jobs, belonging to the category of intermediate professions.

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  • Guillemette de Larquier & Géraldine Rieucau, 2017. "Job ads: A public but targeted information. A French Labour Force Surveys analysis (2003-2012) [Les annonces d’offre d’emploi : une information publique mais ciblée. Exploitation de l’enquête Emplo," Post-Print hal-01837156, HAL.
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