Employment structure Flashcards
What is employment structure?
The percentrage or proportion of people employed in the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary sectors
What do people lack during pre-industrial times?
Training and skills. The education to work in tertiary jobs.
Why does a reliance on commodity exports cause most people to be employed in the primary sector?
This reliance is labour intensive
What isn’t the government doing during pre-industrial times?
Investing in the industry
Where are most people employed during industrialisation?
The secondary industry
What causes jobs in the primary industry to decrease during industrialisation?
Mechanisation
What increases education among people during industrialisation?
Investment in training and education
Why are more people required to operate machines during industrialisation
There is more investment in industry
What is the effect of the country embracing foreign direct investment?
TNCs relocate here, and this creates many jobs in the secondary sector
When are most people employed in the tertiary sector?
Post-industrial era
Why is human labour in secondary industries reduced during post industrialisation?
Robots and computerisation
What increases during the post-industrial era?
The demand for services
How does mechanisation in the primary industry increase jobs in the tertiary industry
People move from rural to urban areas where tertiary jobs are expanding
What are three ways used to show employment structures?
Percentage bar graph, triangular graph, pie graph
