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Service class prosperity in Ontario

25 Mar 2009

Rise of the Creative Class – a new growth regime The provocative and influential bestseller, The Rise of the Creative Class (Florida 2002a), has ushered in a new era for urban and regional economic development. [...] The demise of a Fordist mode of production has also contributed to new interest (of researchers and policy-makers) in the “rise of a creative economy” and the general importance of cities to the creative process (Rantisi et al. [...] The two major changes in the employment structure of post-industrial society are the shift to services as a dominant sector of employment, and the public sector as a major and growing area of employment (Bell 1973:129). [...] The Service Class in Ontario’s Workforce In Canada, there is a general trend of the rise of the creative class, as well as an associated rise in the service class in terms of workforce composition. [...] As illustrated in Figure 1, the service class rose roughly in tandem with the creative class, and since the mid-1960s represents the largest segment of the workforce.
economic development gender education politics economics economy school entrepreneurship income inequality business employers employment human capital labour service industries workers unemployment economic activity census domestic worker demographics further education job society economic inequality unemployed creativity creative class martin prosperity institute post-industrial society

Authors

Cervenan, Amy

Pages
60
Published in
Canada

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