KQ: HOW CAN YOU FIT A COUNTRY’S EMPLOYMENT STRUCTURE INTO THE

CLARK FISHER MODEL?

The Clark Fisher model of changing employment

Starter: Do you like your job?

Examine the table below:a)What are the main differences?b)What possible reasons could there be for these

differences?

Women % of total

Men % of total

Like the job very much

40 30

Quite like the job

27 35

Do not really like the job

20 25

Hate the job 13 10

The Clark Fisher model

This is a simple model which shows how the stages in

employment sectors change as a country’s economygrows.

Task 1: Evolving Planet pg 183 – Take notes on the

following stages of the Clark Fisher model.Pre-Industrial StageIndustrial StagePost-Industrial Stage**Growth of the quarternary sector

The Clark Fisher model

Task 2: Stick a copy of the Clark Fisher model in the centre of an A4

page – leaving enough space around the edges for annotating.

1. Look carefully at the relative importance of the sectors in the USA, China and Bangladesh (Figure 3 on page 184 Evolving Planet) and use labelled arrows to locate each of the at the correct place on your Clark Fisher diagram.

2) Add labels in boxes to your diagram to explain:

The reasons for the decline in the numbers employed in agriculture Why the numbers employed in the secondary sector might rise and fall

in some countries. The reasons for the rapid increase in tertiary jobs that occurs as a

country moves along the development pathway.

Changes in employment from place to place

1. Study Figure 3 on page 184 Evolving Planet and work through Skills Builder 1 – questions a –c

2. Read through the 3 newspaper articles on Bangladesh, China and the USA (page 184-185 Evolving Planet) and work through Activity 1 – questions 1 – 4.

Do you think the Clark Fisher model will continue to

fit for developing countries? Why / Why not?(Hint – think about tourism as an industry)