Labor Mobility Between Industries

Abstract

Intersectoral work force mobility plays a more vital role as a source of labor in nonagricultural production than in agriculture or services. The service sector, especially social services, recruits more of the work force through the economic activation of women. However, mobility to various branches of the secondary and tertiary sectors does not always vary according to sectorial boundaries. Similar recruitment patterns prevail in different economic branches such as manufacturing industries (construction excluded) as well as allocative and personal services. Social and administrative services, which constitute the core of postindustrial or welfare economies, differ in respect of mobility patterns not only from other branches but also from each other.

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