Wages and Income in the United Kingdom since 1860

Originally published in 1937, this book provides a statistical analysis of wages and income in the United Kingdom from 1860 onwards.

A. L. Bowley (Author)

9781316509609, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 4 February 2016

172 pages
21 x 14.8 x 1.3 cm, 0.32 kg

Originally published in 1937, this book was written by the pioneering British statistician and economist Arthur Lyon Bowley (1869–1957). The text provides a statistical analysis of wages and income in the United Kingdom from 1860 onwards, attempting 'to bring into a coherent whole' the work carried out in this area by Bowley during the preceding 40 years. A bibliography is included and notes are incorporated throughout. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in wages, statistics and British economic history.

Introduction
1. The course of average wages
2. Real wages
3. Average earnings and their distribution
4. Earnings and needs
5. The national wage-bill
6. National income
Appendix A. Notes on the wage censuses of the United Kingdom
Appendix B. Notes on separation of the factors making for changes in average earnings
Appendix D. Notes on retail prices
Appendix E. Notes on the increase in middle-class occupations
Appendix F. Notes on earlier estimates of national income
Bibliography.

Subject Areas: Labour economics [KCF]