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My favorite term they use in academia is "trainee" to justify low salaries. Trainees encompass High School Students, Undergraduates, to Postdocs, an age range from maybe 18 to 38.

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Author here. Yeah, I am also still a trainee or an 'early career research' or a 'junior researcher.' These terms are...weird.

To be clear, students are paid stipends, not salaries. Stipends are low because they are stipends.

Depends on the system. In EU, these are often salaried positions as well.

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