IGCSE Geography / Economic activity and energy

Why sector employment changes

Edexcel International GCSE Geography (4GE1), chapter 4: Economic activity and energy, specification point 4.1c. Part of the full course.

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Sector employment changes when the number of workers in different types of work rises or falls. Five main causes are raw materials, mechanisation, globalisation, demographic change and government policy.

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