Working in the Service Sector: A Tale from Different Worlds

The rise to prominence of the service sector - heralded over half a century ago as the great hope for the twenty-first century - has come to fruition. People working in the service sector are now outnumbering those involved with manufacturing in many cases. This growth poses many serious questions: Is more growth in the service sector possible without an expanding manufacturing sector? How great is the need for low-skill, low-paid jobs in the provision of services to households? These and many other questions are answered in an unassuming readable style in this new collection that will be of great interest to all those involved in industrial economics.