Wages, prices, and living standards in China, 1738–1925: in comparison with Europe, Japan, and India.
This article develops data on the history of wages and prices in Beijing, Canton, and Suzhou/Shanghai in China from the eighteenth century to the twentieth, and compares them with leading cities in Europe, Japan, and India in terms of nominal wages, the cost of living, and the standard of living. In...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Blackwell Publishing Inc.
2011
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