Structural change
What Structural change means in Economics B A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The shift in employment from primary agriculture into secondary manufacturing, and eventually into tertiary services, as economies develop.
The shift in the relative share of economic sectors—primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary—in an economy's output and employment.
Topics that use Structural change
- Employment patterns (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Growing economies (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Base year
- Complementary labour
- Demand-pull inflation
- Economic growth
- Economic sectors
- Emerging markets
- Foreign direct investment (FDI)
- Geographical mobility
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