For the young who were entering the labour market straight after leaving school, the risks of being unemployed diminished between 1983 and 1987. This trend was opposed to what was noted in the ten Preceding years and could essentially be explained by the emergence of precarious jobs. TUC and SIVP jobs went mainly to the young people who had not reached the baccalauréat level. They represented the group whose unemployment rate decreased most, even if it was still very high. Apart from TUC and SVIP jobs, employment receded during these four years, particularly at the lower levels of training. Employers hired young people who had more and more training. In 1 987, more than 40 % of the young people recruited for salaried jobs, not including in...