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France
Compared to other highly developed and OECD member countries, France displays higher unemployment rates as well as longer duration. From 1983 to 2018 youth unemployment rate in France experienced an overall increase. It averaged at a rate of 20.19% reaching a max of 26.2% in 2012.

From 1979 to 1984, France saw its legislated minimum wage, the SMIC (salaire minimum interprofessional de croissance), rise sharply. Historically, a rise in the SMIC has shown to result in increased unemployment rates amongst the country's youth population. At the end of this period, the unemployment rate for youths was 26%, almost double the average OECD youth unemployment rate. France also saw double digit declines in active youths in the labor market from the years 1980 - 2007.

In an effort to combat youth unemployment, France attempted to improve their education system because France sees declining rates of unemployment amongst those who have received higher levels of education. The less educated however, not only experience increased unemployment rates, but longer durations of unemployment. For instance, in 1996, 58% of the lowest educated labor market population experienced an average of one year of unemployment. France has made achievements in increasing higher education amongst its youth, attaining the   Europe 2020 target of reducing early school leaving to below 10%. France offers mostly free higher education and the government supplies students with stipends.

Like other countries in the European Union, France has enacted school-to-work policies in order to facilitate the school-two-work transition for youths once they've completed their higher education. They have longer transition time for students entering the work force and include offers newly graduated students several tools to enhance their market inclusion. The government has taken several measures in an effort to lower labor costs such as subsidized employment contracts and multiple VET placements. However, these policies have appeared to return minor results as the country continues to report high youth unemployment rates especially among differing social classes. First, they are less effective among the youth migrant population who face disconnect from the labor market due to France's employment-centered economy experiencing, on average, unemployment rates that are 4% higher than non-migrant workres. Furthermore, there is also prevalent gender disparities among the younger population.