Source: DP, Appendix B. Lindert and Williamson (1983) in Kokyr (1985). TABLE 6 Trends in Real Adult Male Full-Time Earnings for Selected Groups of Workers 1755-1851 Benchmark Farm Middle All blue White All year labour group Artisans collar collar workers 1755 65.46 47.54 56.29 56.50 23.93 42.74 1781 61.12 46.19 48.30 50.19 22.24 39.24 1797 74.50 52.54 46.73 53.61 23.45 42.48 1805 74.51 52.96 42.55 51.73 20.82 40.64 1810 67.21 51.54 42.73 50.04 19.97 39.41 1815 75.51 57.81 52.18 58.15 25.49 46.71 1819 73.52 54.35 50.26 55.68 27.76 46.13 1827 75.86 70.18 66.39 69.25 39.10 58.99 1835 91.67 85.97 78.62 84.43 66.52 78.69 1851 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Percentage change, 1781-1851, under three sets of cost-of-living weights and price assumptions Most pessi- mistic 31.6% 75.1% 68.0% 61.8% 294.5% 103.7% 63.6% 116.5% 107.0% 99.2% 349.6% 154.8% ‘Best-guess’ Most opti- mistic 107.0% 175.3% 164.2% 154.4% 520.3% 220.3%
Source: DP, Appendix B. Lindert and Williamson (1983) in Kokyr (1985). TABLE 6 Trends in Real Adult Male Full-Time Earnings for Selected Groups of Workers 1755-1851 Benchmark year Farm labour Middle group Artisans All blue collar White collar All workers 1755 65.46 47.54 56.29 56.50 23.93 42.74 1781 61.12 46.19 48.30 50.19 22.24 39.24 1797 74.50 52.54 46.73 53.61 23.45 42.48 1805 74.51 52.96 42.55 51.73 20.82 40.64 1810 67.21 51.54 42.73 50.04 19.97 39.41 1815 75.51 57.81 52.18 58.15 25.49 46.71 1819 73.52 54.35 50.26 55.68 27.76 46.13 1827 75.86 70.18 66.39 69.25 39.10 58.99 1835 91.67 85.97 78.62 84.43 66.52 78.69 1851 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Percentage change, 1781-1851, under three sets of cost-of-living weights and price assumptions Most pessi- mistic ‘Best-guess’ Most opti- mistic 31.6% 63.6% 107.0% 75.1% 116.5% 175.3% 68.0% 107.0% 164.2% 61.8% 99.2% 154.4% 294.5% 349.6% 520.3% 103.7% 154.8% 220.3%
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