J ack (and J ill?) of All Trades – A C anadian Case Study of Equity in Apprenticeship Supports

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ID11196342
AutoresKarine Levasseur (0000-0001-5235-6429, Department of Political Studies University of Manitoba Manitoba Canada, autor de correspondencia), Stephanie Paterson (0009-0007-5421-4329, Department of Political Science Concordia University Montreal Canada)
Año2016
Volumen50
Número5
Páginas520-539
Fecha de publicación2016-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Policy and Administration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0144-5596 • E-ISSN: 1467-9515
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/spol.12125
OpenAlexW2076082197
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas18

In the past decade, C anadian federal and provincial governments have designed programmes to facilitate entry into trades in an attempt to stimulate economic growth. As part of these efforts, increasing attention is focusing on programmes to encourage women to enter skilled trades, while paying little attention to those trades traditionally dominated by females. In this article, we explore the gendered dimensions of apprenticeship programmes in C anada, demonstrating the ways in which gender inequality is reproduced by programmes that situate employers and women as responsible for change. In particular, using a case study, we illustrate that the gendered structure of the labour market is preserved and reproduced. While efforts have targeted women to facilitate entry into non‐traditional occupations such as electricians and plumbers, female‐dominated trades such as hairstylists remain untouched, thereby sustaining the gendered wage structure of the economy. Thus women remain segregated in low‐paying trades and receive fewer public supports when pursuing training in these segregated trades. The article argues that apprenticeship training and certification is constructed to respond to the needs of male‐dominated trades, but not the needs of female‐dominated trades. Ultimately, the public policy decisions that make up the apprenticeship training and certification system in C anada reproduce gender inequality

Apprenticeship · Barriers to entry · Business · Certification · Demographic economics · Economics · Entry Level · Equity (law · Industrial organization · Inequality · Labour economics · Management · Market structure · Opportunity structures · Political science · Sociology · Wage · Labor Movements and Unions · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics