%0 Thesis %9 Master %A Klooster, G.L.A. %D 2016 %F theses_frw:2352 %T Significant service sector growth in Indonesia: Change for the better? %U https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/2352/ %X When a country's gross domestic product is increasingly dependent on the service sector, it is often assumed that the country experiences a shift toward a more developed, knowledge based type of economy. However, growth in the service sector could also be explained negatively: by the increase of marginal, necessity based service activities. In this thesis, the service sector growth is examined for Indonesia, by quantitative analysis of dimensions of economic development.