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A factor of production is defined as a productive resource. There are 4 types of factors of production:

• Land - all natural resources including oil, fish, soil, forests. The reward for land is rent.
• Labour - the skills of the workforce and the quantity of labour they produce. The reward for labour is wages.
• Capital - investment in man-made aids to production including buildings, factories, computers. The reward for capital is interest.
• Entrepreneurship - the risk-taking role of business owners undertaken in the pursuit of profit. Can be considered as a specialised form of labour. The reward for entrepreneurship is profit.

Classifying industries

The three main sectors of the economy are:

• Primary sector - extracting raw materials
• Secondary sector - processing, manufacturing and assembling raw materials into goods
• Tertiary sector - aid the production of goods (e.g. lorry driving) and sell services

In a MEDC such as the UK the majority all economic activity is the tertiary sector (currently 76%).

Also See

Take a look at the other unit 1 A level economics revision notes:

• The Economic Problem (AQA, Edex, OCR, WJEC)
• Factors of production (AQA, OCR)
• Positive and normative economics (AQA)
• Specialisation and Trade (AQA, Edex, OCR, WJEC)
• Producer and consumer surplus (AQA, Edex, OCR, WJEC)
• Demand theory (AQA, Edex, OCR, WJEC)
• Supply theory (AQA, Edex, OCR, WJEC)
• Supply and Demand Equilibrium (AQA, Edex, OCR, WJEC)
• Elasticity of demand (AQA, Edex, OCR, WJEC)
• Elasticity of supply (AQA, Edex, OCR, WJEC)
• The Price Mechanism (AQA, Edex)
• Indirect Taxes and Subsidies (Edex)
• The labour market (Edex)
• Economies of scale (AQA)
• Allocative efficiency (OCR)

Also See

Take a look at the other unit 1 A level economics revision notes:

• The Economic Problem (AQA, Edex, OCR, WJEC)
• Factors of production (AQA, OCR)
• Positive and normative economics (AQA)
• Specialisation and Trade (AQA, Edex, OCR, WJEC)
• Producer and consumer surplus (AQA, Edex, OCR, WJEC)
• Demand theory (AQA, Edex, OCR, WJEC)
• Supply theory (AQA, Edex, OCR, WJEC)
• Supply and Demand Equilibrium (AQA, Edex, OCR, WJEC)
• Elasticity of demand (AQA, Edex, OCR, WJEC)
• Elasticity of supply (AQA, Edex, OCR, WJEC)
• The Price Mechanism (AQA, Edex)
• Indirect Taxes and Subsidies (Edex)
• The labour market (Edex)
• Economies of scale (AQA)
• Allocative efficiency (OCR)

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