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Toward a High-Wage, High-Productivity Service Sector. Background Paper: Service Sector Wages, Productivity and Job Creation in the U.S. and Other Countries.
Thurow, Lester; Waldstein, Louise – 1989
This document contains two essays: "Toward a High-Wage, High-Productivity Service Sector" by Lester Thurow; and "Service Sector Wages, Productivity and Job Creation in the U.S. and Other Countries" by Louise Waldstein. The first essay analyzes the recent and currrent U.S. economy under headings called Growth Nodes, Falling…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Economic Climate, Economics, Employment Patterns
Changes in Work Patterns: A Synthesis of Five National Reports on the Service Sector. France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, the United States.
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1989
An analysis of the service sector in five countries (France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, and the United States) was made through synthesis of earlier research on work patterns in the countries. Some of the findings and issues discovered concerned the following: (1) the heterogeneity of the service sector; (2) the progress of part-time work; (3)…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Employment Patterns