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Rising female employment in the construction industry

Geoff Riley

31st December 2014

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Construction is a highly cyclical industry and so too is employment - the recovery in housebuilding is long overdue but there are welcome signs that the proportion of highly-skilled women employed in what has traditionally been a heavily-male dominated sector, is starting to pick up.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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