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R Around the globe, there are differences in the ways labor is mobilized, the productivity of that work, and the lives work makes possible through its remuneration. Coercive forms of work, notably slavery, forced labor and debt bondage, have declined in the last 200 years. The number of people employed in agriculture has declined as a result of mechanization and the increasing number of jobs in manufacturing, mining, power generation, and construction. More recently, the more “advanced” economies have moved away from the manufacture of goods, towards the provision of services such as marketing, finance, and legal expertise. A comparison of the proportion of people employed in agriculture, industry and services, and the contribution those sectors make to a country’s GDP, reveals the contribution made by workers in each sector to the economy.

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