The fact that immigrants tend to occupy menial and unstable jobs might be explained by characteristics acquired prior to migration, such as a low educational level for example. But what about their children who are socialized and educated in the host country? In this article, Dominique Meurs, Ariane Pailhé and Patrick Simon assess the occupational integration of the children of immigrants in France, the so-called "second generation". Using indicators such as access to employment, occupational status, access to jobs in the civil service or other occupations, and comparing the children of migrants with first-generation immigrants and with natives whose parents were born in France, they show that the "second generation" is still severely disadvantaged on the labour market, even though present in the civil service and in a wider range of economic sectors. Distinguishing by nationalities of origin reveals the prevalence of discrimination against descendants of immigrants of sub-Saharan African, North African and Turkish origin.

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