Wages, labour market, and living standards in China, 1530-1840
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Keywords
wage; living standard; labour market; early modern China; great divergence;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N30 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - General, International, or Comparative
- N15 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Asia including Middle East
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CNA-2022-05-23 (China)
- NEP-GRO-2022-05-23 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-HIS-2022-05-23 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-LMA-2022-05-23 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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