Share of Non-Agricultural Labor Force (1300–2019)

Arthur Lewis

Imagine a country over a 50-year period experiences a significant technological revolution, leading to a rapid expansion of its manufacturing sector. The total economic output of the country triples during this time. Based on the typical pattern of structural economic change observed in modern economic history, which of the following statements most accurately describes the likely transformation of this country's agricultural sector?

Critiquing an Economic Argument

Analyzing Structural Economic Change in Country Y

The decline in agriculture's share of the total economy during the rise of modern economic growth was primarily caused by a significant and sustained fall in the total volume of agricultural production.

During the period of major structural economic change that saw the rise of industrial economies, different sectors of the economy experienced distinct shifts in their relative importance. Match each economic sector with the description of its typical trajectory during this transformation.

Explaining the Paradox of Agricultural Growth and Decline

A key feature of the structural economic change that accompanied industrialization is that even as total agricultural production often increased, its ______ share of the total economy declined due to the much faster growth of the manufacturing and service sectors.

Arrange the following events to illustrate the typical historical sequence of a country's structural economic transformation away from agricultural dominance.

Interpreting Economic Data on Structural Change

Evaluating a Development Strategy