Integration into the job market can be conditioned by the existence of a diploma or lack thereof, and the value given to this diploma, by the lack of human and social capital and by the situation of the labor market. Difficulties in entering the labor market can also manifest in the exposure of the active population to a situation of mismatch between qualifications and job requirements.
Indeed, more and more graduates find difficulties in fitting into the job market. And there are many who remain unemployed or offer themselves a job with qualification requirements that do not correspond to their level of training, leading to situations of downgrading or upgrading. Moreover, the downgrading phenomenon is one of the indicators of the job market’s functionality. Indeed, having fewer downgraded people in a job market means having better use of skills. So the question that arises is: how many of the people who have a job have the qualifications required for that job? What part does the training and the diploma play in a possible mismatch with the job?
This study analyzes the issue of matching of the "highest diploma obtained" with the main profession exercised, declared during the 2014 population census. It identifies the diplomas that are most likely to be subject to downgrading, the professions exercised by their holders and the economic activities of the establishments that employ them. Finally, it analyzes the impact of the diploma, the profession and the economic activity on the nature and intensity of the matching process.
