The report says young women are often steered into stereotypical apprenticeships, such as childcare, hairdressing and beauty, which are low paid.Currently, while there are 10 applicants for every high skilled role, there are 45 applicants for vacancies in the low skill sector.
Middle-skill sectors like sales saw an 8 percent employment decline.
The information technology revolution seems to have increased the importance of and returns to clustering in high-skill sectors.
According to a Hamilton Project/Center for American Progress study by David Autor, high-skill sectors saw no net loss of jobs during the recession.
He also says that some low-skill sectors of the economy would face significant recruitment difficulties as their jobs involve low wages, unsocial hours, temporary work and poor promotion that make them unattractive to UK workers.
In low-income and low-skill sectors, the problem is more likely, as Cha put it, to be "underwork"—people want to be working more hours but can't get the shifts or have to piece together multiple part-time jobs.
In low-income and low-skill sectors, the problem is more likely, as Cha put it, to be "underwork" — people want to be working more hours but can't get the shifts or have to piece together multiple part-time jobs.
Sectors with higher education intensity grew comparatively more, which contradicts the hypothesis of a shift towards low-skill sectors.
The steady rise of women, in particular in high-skill sectors of the economy, has led to a plethora of thought pieces, books, and apocalyptic declarations, perhaps most famously including Hanna Rosin's The End of Men.
