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Real wages and labor productivity in Britain and Germany, 1871-1938 : a unified approach to the international comparison of living standards
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Broadberry, S. N. and Burhop, Carsten (2010) Real wages and labor productivity in Britain and Germany, 1871-1938 : a unified approach to the international comparison of living standards. Journal of Economic History, Vol.70 (No.2). pp. 400-427. doi:10.1017/S0022050710000331 ISSN 0022-0507.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022050710000331
Abstract
Throughout the period 1871-1938, the average British worker was better off than the average German worker, but there were significant differences between major sectors. For the aggregate economy, the real wage gap was about the same as the labor productivity gap, but again there were important sectoral differences. Compared to their productivity, German industrial workers were poorly paid, whereas German agricultural and service sector employees were overpaid. This affected the competitiveness of the two countries in these sectors. There were also important differences in comparative real wages by skill level, affecting the extent of poverty.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Wages -- Great Britain -- History, Wages -- Germany -- History, Labor productivity -- Great Britain -- History, Labor productivity -- Germany -- History, Cost and standard of living -- Great Britain -- History, Cost and standard of living -- Germany -- History | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Economic History | ||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0022-0507 | ||||
Official Date: | June 2010 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.70 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 28 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 400-427 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0022050710000331 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 3 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 3 December 2015 | ||||
Funder: | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) |
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