A Manner of Characterizing the Development of Countries
- 1 October 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 69 (10) , 3019-3023
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.69.10.3019
Abstract
An attempt is made to characterize the socio-economic state and the temporal evolution of countries by the use of labor force distribution data on a multidimensional phase plot so that the development of a country is represented by an evolutionary track of a phase point. The evolutionary tracks of several countries are examined, and the phase points of many countries are compared. Snowflake diagrams, which make easy comparison of the socio-economic character of various countries, have also been developed.Keywords
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