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‘Low-Skilled’ Work in Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Samir Amine
Samir Amine*
Affiliation:
Département de relations industrielles, Université du Québec en Outaouais, CIRANO
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Abstract

This research note focuses on the situation of workers classed in Canada as low-skilled. Using data from the Labour Force Survey conducted by Statistics Canada, we seek to answer the following questions: are workers classed as low-skilled disproportionately affected by rising unemployment rates? What types of jobs are classed as low-skilled? Are these jobs predominantly full-time or part-time? Within this category of low-skilled workers, we will also focus on the situation of women who, according to several recent studies including those by the OECD, are increasingly employed in precarious jobs.

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J31I24Human capitalpart-timetemporary jobsunemployment

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The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , November 2012, pp. 91 - 100
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2012

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