United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...500 institutions of higher learning, both privately supported...to the ongoing shift to a service-based economy. In 1996 some 74% of Americans worked in service industries, a proportion...Labor; Health and Human Services; Education; Housing and...scale shift of the economy to services and other sectors. States with large service, trade, and high-technology...