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New joint research project which details the early career earnings of Canada's skilled trades certificate holders, including that women are concentrated in lower-earning trades and, as a result, earn considerably less than men overall as well as within the same broad trade categories.
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LMI Insight Report no. 41, Women With Low-Earning Trade Certificates
Following the RAIS report, this Insight Report focuses on the earnings of women in trades, and the earning differences between women and men over the…
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LMI Insight Report no. 40, Exploring the Earnings of Red Seal Trade Certificate Holders
In March 2021, the LMIC and the Education Policy Research Initiative (ERPI) released a joint report on the average earnings of journeypersons in Red Seal…
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