three-sector model

economic theory which divides economies into three sectors (primary, secondary, tertiary)
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three-sector model
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three-sector model

Summary

three-sector model is an economic theory[1]. It draws 231 Wikipedia views per month (economic_theory category, ranking #20 of 59).[2]

Key Facts

  • three-sector model is credited with the discovery of Allan George Barnard Fisher[3].
  • three-sector model is credited with the discovery of Colin Clark[4].
  • three-sector model is credited with the discovery of Jean Fourastié[5].
  • three-sector model's image is recorded as Gdp-and-labour-force-by-sector.png[6].
  • three-sector model's instance of is recorded as economic theory[7].
  • three-sector model's instance of is recorded as economic model[8].
  • three-sector model's instance of is recorded as trichotomy[9].
  • three-sector model's GND ID is recorded as 7507432-1[10].
  • three-sector model's subclass of is recorded as economic theory[11].
  • three-sector model's has part is recorded as primary sector of the economy[12].
  • three-sector model's has part is recorded as secondary sector of the economy[13].
  • three-sector model's has part is recorded as tertiary sector of the economy[14].
  • three-sector model's has part is recorded as quaternary sector of the economy[15].
  • three-sector model's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02r09bx[16].
  • three-sector model's uses is recorded as primary sector of the economy[17].
  • three-sector model's uses is recorded as secondary sector of the economy[18].
  • three-sector model's uses is recorded as tertiary sector of the economy[19].
  • three-sector model's STW Thesaurus for Economics ID is recorded as 10521-1[20].
  • three-sector model's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 39685635[21].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Allan George Barnard Fisher[3], an economist[22], 1895–1976[23], of New Zealand[24], specialised in economics[25]; Colin Clark[4], an economist[26], 1905–1989[27], of United Kingdom[28], awarded the Fellow of the Econometric Society[29]; and Jean Fourastié[5], an economist[30], 1907–1990[31], of France[32], awarded the Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit[33].

Why It Matters

three-sector model draws 231 Wikipedia views per month (economic_theory category, ranking #20 of 59).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

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  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  11. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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