Employment in the service economy : a research report prepared for the Economic Council of Canada / by Gordon Betcherman et al. : EC22-172/1991E
Nowhere has the shift from goods to services been more striking than in the labour market. Forty years ago, most Canadians worked in the manufacturing sector. Today, over 70 per cent work in service industries. As a follow-up to the popular 1990 publication "Good Jobs, Bad Jobs", this report provides in-depth analysis on employment and the service economy and discusses questions such as: Why has employment in the service sector expanded so rapidly? Does the growth of services lead to more "good" jobs or more "bad" ones?
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| Department/Agency | Economic Council of Canada. |
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| Title | Employment in the service economy : a research report prepared for the Economic Council of Canada / by Gordon Betcherman et al. |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Paper |
| Other formats | Electronic-[English] |
| Note(s) | Contents: The service economy: The service sector.--Sectoral interdependencies and the growth in service employment.--The emerging labour market: The shift to services and labour adjustment; Nonstandard employment; Jobs and skills in a service economy; Issues in human-resource development; The distribution of earnings.--Conclusions: Conclusions and policy implications.--Appendices: A) The calculation of stimulative power by industry; B) Income distribution analysis: methodology. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa - Ontario : Economic Council of Canada 1991. |
| Binding | Softcover |
| Description | 206p. : graphs, references, tables ; 27 cm. |
| ISBN | 0-660-13825-5 |
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| Subject terms | Service industry Employment Human resources Labour market |