TY - JOUR
T1 - Economic growth and the development of real wages
T2 - Swedish construction workers' wages in comparative perspective, 1831-1900
AU - Ericsson, Johan
AU - Molinder, Jakob
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Using new and uniquely detailed data, we examine how construction workers' wages in Sweden developed between 1831 and 1900. Wages grew rapidly from the 1850s, and comparisons with Northwestern Europe show that Swedish workers benefited more from growth than workers elsewhere. Globalization forces, most notably overseas migration, in combination with flexible and well-integrated labor markets-signified by strong regional convergence, falling skill differentials, and small urban-rural wage gaps-pushed up wages in Sweden.
AB - Using new and uniquely detailed data, we examine how construction workers' wages in Sweden developed between 1831 and 1900. Wages grew rapidly from the 1850s, and comparisons with Northwestern Europe show that Swedish workers benefited more from growth than workers elsewhere. Globalization forces, most notably overseas migration, in combination with flexible and well-integrated labor markets-signified by strong regional convergence, falling skill differentials, and small urban-rural wage gaps-pushed up wages in Sweden.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85087356223
U2 - 10.1017/S0022050720000285
DO - 10.1017/S0022050720000285
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85087356223
SN - 0022-0507
VL - 80
SP - 813
EP - 852
JO - Journal of Economic History
JF - Journal of Economic History
IS - 3
ER -