title: The services industry: is it recession-proof?
abstract: Steady growth has led the services division to account for nearly 20 percent of total employment in 1980, linked mainly to business and health services; since 1948, it has been nearly immune to recessions and has displayed relative cyclical insensitivity.
mesh_terms: D004651:Employment / Q000639:trends*; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States