State‐level Basic Wages in Australia During the Depression, 1929–35
Institutions and Politics Over Markets
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20437656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Sheldon (0000-0002-6981-2141, UNSW Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 249-277 |
| Publication date | 2007-11-01 |
| 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/j.1467-8446.2007.00211.x |
| OpenAlex | W2166015623 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
State wage‐fixation tribunals developed quite particular patterns of basic wage fixation during the Depression. They declined to follow the Commonwealth Court's 10 per cent wage cut, thereby confining its effect to about half the workforce and creating distinctly different State and Commonwealth basic wage patterns in each capital city. Further, tribunals' uneven patterns of basic wage adjustment to deflation meant that in some states, the real State basic wage increased. Patterns of state institutional behaviour and state politics therefore help explain the stickiness of real average wage levels during the Depression
Commonwealth · Deflation · Depression (economics) · Economic growth · Economics · Efficiency wage · Fixation (population genetics) · Great Depression · Keynesian economics · Labour economics · Monetary economics · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · State (computer science) · Wage · Workforce · Australian History and Society · Labor Movements and Unions · Law
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2022 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |