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A curated resource of recent research on trends shaping Canada's labour market.
This paper quantifies the impact of active labour market programs amongst distinct Indigenous populations in Canada. Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy (ASETS) programming provides a suite of active labour market programs for Indigenous groups in Canada who face differing institutional and labour market environments.
Comparisons were made between individuals who participated in longer-duration interventions (high-intensity) versus shorter-duration (low-intensity) programming. The paper finds that in terms of annual earnings, the returns to high- relative to low-intensity programming differed significantly across Indigenous populations and Canadian jurisdictions.
In particular, Métis and non-Status First Nations participants in high-intensity programming experienced considerable earnings differences two years post-ASETS. Status First Nations participants, on the other hand, experienced insignificant returns between the high- and low-intensity groups.
Overall, the authors conclude that the diverse experiences of Indigenous groups who participated in ASETS programing underscores the importance of context in predicting the relative impacts of active labour market programs.