Real Wages in Australia and Canada, 1870–1913
Globalization versus Productivity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20436668 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Greasley (University of Edinburgh), Jakob B Madsen (0000-0002-4952-3043, The University of Western Australia), Les Oxley (0000-0003-3621-2323, University of Waikato) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 178-198 |
| Publication date | 2000-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Economic History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-8992 • E-ISSN: 1467-8446 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-8446.00064 |
| OpenAlex | W1976985316 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 8 |
Australia's and Canada's real wage experiences between 1870 and 1913 were distinctive. Faster productivity growth underpinned Canada's overtaking of Australia's wage levels. The globalization forces of migration and trade also shaped their comparative wages, principally by reducing wage growth in Canada. Immigration increased slightly Australia's real wages, but reduced wage levels in Canada, and tempered there the beneficial effects of rising productivity and improving terms of trade. In contrast, wage earners' share of national income rose after 1890 in Australia, with the productivity slowdown hitting chiefly rents and profits. Distributional shifts favouring wage earners in Australia, and the depressing effects of mass immigration on wages in Canada, limited Canada's wage lead before 1914, despite her faster productivity growth
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economic rent · Economics · Efficiency wage · Geography · Globalization · Immigration · Labour economics · Market economy · Productivity · Real wages · Slowdown · Wage · Wage growth · Australian History and Society · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
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| Citation span | 2004 - 2019 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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