Economics Today and Tomorrow, Student Edition
Economics Today and Tomorrow, Student Edition
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ISBN: 9780078747663
Author: McGraw-Hill
Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub Co
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Chapter 12.1, Problem 2R
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To describe: The examples of service, blue-collar & white-collar jobs.

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Services are those which include actions such as providing haircut to someone, to teach, to repair a car, etc.

Blue-collar jobs involve such types of jobs in which workers are provided with wages for their work such as construction, maintenance, driving etc and are considered to be working class, while White-collar jobs are those which involve high positions such as corporate executives, doctors, architects, etc to the people with good management skills.

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Service: It is an action done for someone by a person.

White-collar: These are jobs in the service sector and don't involve physical labor.

Blue-collar: These are jobs to workers in which physical labor is involved such as manufacturing, mining, etc.

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