Insee
Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques
18 boulevard Adolphe Pinard, 75675 Paris Cédex 14
http://www.insee.fr/fr/
This source is used in these chapters:
In France, young people are more likely to hold a higher education qualification than older people and than young people living in other OECD countries. In the early 2010s, 43% of young people leaving initial education held a higher education qualification. [read more]
Children whose parents work as managers or in middle management are more likely to succeed in their studies. They are proportionally more likely to obtain a baccalauréat, enrol in higher education and achieve higher education qualifications. However, inequalities have been reduced by the fact that access to higher education has improved most significantly for those from the most disadvantaged social backgrounds, although they still remain marked. [read more]