The growth of the services sector has profoundly transformed developed societies, their economic characteristics, their occupational structures, and even their political priorities and value systems. No comprehensive theory of his growth exists, but for three centuries a number of major...

[fre] Emploi et marchés du travail d'un secteur quelles comparaisons internationales ? . S'appuyer sur des comparaisons internationales pour analyser les questions d'emploi et de marchés du travail ne peut se faire que si l'on admet la complexité et la diversité des déterminants de l'emploi...

The definitions of goods and services have been debated among economists for more than two centuries. This article seeks to consider the definitions currently used from a critical perspective and to offer a new general definition of services that is compatible with the existence of several...