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Deindustrialization and shifts in consumer demand have led to the tertiary sector playing an increasingly important role in employment. The United States and the United Kingdom are often used as a basis for comparison with European countries due to their divergence in employment performance (see for example Piketty, 1998; Gadrey and Jany-Catrice, 1998; OECD, 2000) and the fact that their employment growth is essentially due to the growth of the service sector. For example Freeman and Schettkat (2000, p. 175) compare low-wage service employment in Germany and the United States and conclude that there are fewer low-skill service jobs in Germany compared with the United States and that ‘this difference is closely linked to Germany’s overall lower employment to population rate compared to the USA’.
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Bazen, S. (2005). Job Stability and Earnings Mobility in the Low-Skill Service Sector in France. In: Bazen, S., Lucifora, C., Salverda, W. (eds) Job Quality and Employer Behaviour. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230378643_8
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