title: Prospects for service sector employment growth in non-metropolitan America.
abstract: "This paper focuses on how successfully non-metropolitan areas [in the United States] can compete for service-producing industry.  Data on wage and salary employment for the 1969-84 period are used to assess how well non-metropolitan areas have been keeping up with metropolitan areas in expanding service jobs.  Changes in patterns of employment growth in non-metropolitan and metropolitan service industries between 1969-76 and 1976-84 are described and these changes related to the growth pattern in goods-producing industries.  In addition, data are used to identify the types of service activities that have concentrated in non-metropolitan areas."
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bluestone
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004651:Employment; D005843:Geography; D007221:Industry; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D013383:Suburban Population; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Employment--changes; Geographic Factors; Industry; Macroeconomic Factors; Nonmetropolitan Population; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Production; Tertiary Sector; United States; Wages