Sectorswork

Sectorswork is a term used in economic analysis to describe a framework for modeling how labor, capital, and output are allocated across different sectors within an economy. The concept focuses on the 'work content' of each sector and the interactions between sectors through intermediate goods and services, enabling analysts to track how changes in one sector affect others.

Core ideas include sector-level productivity, employment shares, investment flows, and the network of intersectoral linkages captured by input-output-like relationships. Sectorswork models typically divide an economy into sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, and services, and quantify sector-specific outputs, inputs, and constraints over time.

Origins and usage: The term arises in academic and policy literature dealing with multi-sector growth and structural transformation. While not universally standardized, sectorswork is used to compare structural changes across regions, assess policy impacts, and simulate scenarios such as technology adoption or demand shifts.

Measurement and data: Analysis relies on sectoral time series, productivity measures, and input-output data. Models may incorporate endogenous or exogenous productivity growth, trade, and capital deepening to reflect cross-sector spillovers.

Applications and limitations: Sectorswork supports policy evaluation, regional planning, and climate-economy studies by highlighting sector interdependencies. Its usefulness depends on data quality and model assumptions; complexity and parameter sensitivity can limit interpretability.

See also: sectoral analysis, input-output analysis, structural transformation, economic modeling.