Editing Economic growth (section)

=== Structural change ===
{{Main|Rostow's stages of growth|Spending wave}}
Economic growth in the U.S. and other developed countries went through phases that affected growth through changes in the labor force participation rate and the relative sizes of economic sectors. The transition from an agricultural economy to manufacturing increased the size of the sector with high output per hour (the high-productivity manufacturing sector), while reducing the size of the sector with lower output per hour (the lower productivity agricultural sector). Eventually high productivity growth in manufacturing reduced the sector size, as prices fell and employment shrank relative to other sectors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Manufacturing's declining share of GDP is a global phenomenon, and it's something to celebrate |url=http://www.uschamberfoundation.org/blog/2012/03/manufacturing%E2%80%99s-declining-share-gdp |work=U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation |access-date=2014-06-26  |archive-date=2021-04-20  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420114823/https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/blog/2012/03/manufacturing%E2%80%99s-declining-share-gdp |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=All Employees: Manufacturing |date=January 1939 |url=http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/MANEMP}}</ref> The service and government sectors, where output per hour and productivity growth is low, saw increases in their shares of the economy and employment during the 1990s.{{sfn|Bjork|1999|p={{pn|date=July 2022}}}} The [[public sector]] has since contracted, while the service economy expanded in the 2000s.