Promises and Predicaments
Trade and Entrepreneurship in Colonial and Independent Indonesia in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22371545 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D E F Henley (corresponding author) |
| Editors | Alicia Schrikker (0000-0001-9141-3609), Jeroen Touwen (0000-0002-6541-0831) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-30 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Promises and Predicaments (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | NUS Press Pte Ltd (PUBLISHER • SG) |
| DOI | 10.2307/j.ctv1nthnm |
| OpenAlex | W2509421949 |
| ISBN | 9789814722292 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
Hawkins, 'Labour in Developing Countries: Indonesia': an ILO repo$ on labour conditions in Jakana in the mid-1950s mentioned that skilled labour received 10 to 20 rupiahs per day, while the daily wage of a skilled mechanic in Bandung was about 20 rupiahs.In the most populated urban centre of Jakarta, rhe daily paymenr of bakers and plumbers was 10 rupiahs; brick- layers and carpenrers were paid 12.50 rupiahs per day.In the mid-1950s, the structural steel, electrical workers, garage mechanics and truck drivers received siightly higher payments, of about l5 to 1B rupiahs, or a maximum of 20 rupiahs per day, while unskilled labour was paid 5 to 6 rupiahs per day.But in some outskirt urban centres, there was a narrow differential berween skilled and unskilled labour in daily payment.The skilled labour received on average 5.36 7.90 rupiahs, while the unskilled workers were paid an averge of 4.15 to 5.22 rupiahs.27
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |