MALAYSIA: JOB DISTRIBUTION

By RHODA HABTEMICHAEL

General Characteristics of Agricultural, Industrial, and Information Age Job Distribution

• Agricultural Age Jobs: IN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES PRODUCING FOOD AND HANDMADE ARTS AND CRAFTS: PEASANTS, SERFS, AND ARTISIANS

• Industrial Age Jobs: in factories in cities producing mass-produced manufactured goods; more blue collas jobs

• Information Age Jobs: in higher paying skilled high technology and professional jobs and lower paying, unsiklled service sector jobs, creating danger of a two-tiered economy and decreased middle clss (the traditional cornerstone of a democracy); more white collar jobs; also multiple jobs/careers in a lifetime

Information/Data on Malaysia Job Distribution: the distribution of jobs in malaysia is higher in the industrial age than it is in agricultural (30%). They have continuing growth in their manufacturing and expected to continue to grow. Their high technology is also growing faster each year. Their service seector is expected to be sustained at 9%. Higher growth is anticipated from the sub-sectors of transport, storage,and communication, and electricity gas and water

Conclusions on Malaysia (Whether Primarily Agricultural, Industrial, or Information Age Re: Its Job Distribution): Malaysia is a mixture of agricultural, industrial and information. The number of jobs created expanded by 3% in 1994, and expected to increase 2.9%. The unemployment rate is declining (2.9%), and the economy is virtually at full employment

Additional Online Sources Malaysia's Job Distribution

• The Malaysian Economy in 1994

Traditional Bibliographic Sources on Malaysia's Job Distribution

• None At this time.