Toward the end of the 1980s, some economists spoke of a "productivity paradox": despite huge IT investments, most notably in the service sectors, productivity stagnated.

在20世纪80年代末，一些经济学家谈到了一个“生产率悖论”：尽管有大量的 IT 投资，尤其是在服务部门，生产率仍然停滞不前。

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Several explanations have been offered for this decline and for the discrepancy in productivity growth between the manufacturing and service sectors.

对于这种下降以及制造业和服务业之间生产率增长的差异，人们提出了几种解释。

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Labour has migrated to less productive service sectors and informal activities.

劳动力转移到了生产率不那么高的服务行业和非正规活动。

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In the side valleys, service sectors including tourism are the most important job providers.

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