The labor market in Tokugawa Japan: Wage differentials and the real wage level, 1727–1830 |
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Authors: | Osamu Saito |
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Affiliation: | Keio University Japan |
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Abstract: | Tokugawa economic history provides quite an interesting example of the workings of the labor market: In the Tokugawa period a contraction in occupational wage differentials occurred concurrently with a rise in real wages. This paper deals with these aspects of wage change and a general set of problems which has arisen about them. The first section sets out these problems; the second deals with the evidence on wage differentials and real wages in Kinai from 1727 to 1830. The third provides a theoretical framework to explain the findings; finally the last section examines the implications of the findings. |
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