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.

List of contents

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.

Summary

Originally published in 1937, this book by the pioneering British statistician and economist Arthur Lyon Bowley (1869–1957) 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.

Product details

• Authors: A. L Bowley, A. L. Bowley, Bowley A. L.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9781316509609
• ISBN: 978-1-316-50960-9
• No. of pages: 172
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Advertising, marketing; 20th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Labour / income economics, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Labour Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General