Chinese–filipino Wage Differentials in Early-Twentieth-Century Manila
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10098280 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John E Murray (University of Toledo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 773-791 |
| Publication date | 2002-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050702001079 |
| OpenAlex | W1986378386 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
Racial or ethnic wage differentials are common in labor markets composed of easily identifiable groups. This article analyzes a rare source of historical wage data for nonwhite populations. An American labor-market survey of Manila in 1900 revealed that average Chinese wages were about a third higher than Filipino wages. This differential appears to have been in large part an overtime premium that compensated Chinese for their longer workdays; partly it reflected Chinese segregation into higher-paying industries. It is, by contrast, very hard to identify any “pure” ethnic wage premium
Contrast (vision · Demographic economics · Differential (mechanical device · Economics · Ethnic group · Labour economics · Overtime · Political science · Wage · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2022 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |