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Service Sector
(835 words)

In general, the term "services" refers to intangibles that cannot be transferred, stored, or transported. Typical services are trade, transport, bank and insurance services, hotel and catering services, cleaning, services rendered by hair dressers and other professionals, by cultural institutions and the mass media, work in research, as well as services rendered in public security, education, and health. During economic growth, the proportion of people employed in the service sector increases in…

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Schüller, Margot, “Service Sector”, in: Brill’s Encyclopedia of China, Managing Editor English Edition: Daniel Leese. Consulted online on 01 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-0339_bec_SIM_00048>
First published online: 2008
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004168633, 20121018



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