Postwar labour reallocation shifted millions of workers from low to higher-productivity sectors

Cumulative change in agriculture, industry and services as shares of total employment, about 1950 to 1973, percentage points

The Netherlands and United Kingdom start in 1949 and Italy in 1951.
Chart: Andrei SterescuSource: Timmer, M. P., de Vries, G. J., & de Vries, K. (2015). “Patterns of Structural Change in Developing Countries.” in J. Weiss, & M. Tribe (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Industry and Development.Get the data