Staple Trade, Real Wages, and Living Standards in Singapore, 1870–1939
Staple Trade, Real Wages, and Living Standards in Singapore, 1870–1939
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新加坡的主要贸易、实际工资和生活水平，1870 年至 1939 年
DOI：
10.1080/20780389.2018.1430512
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发表时间：
2018
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0.5
通讯作者：
I. Sugimoto
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作者：
Keen Meng Choy;I. Sugimoto
摘要本文探讨了19世纪末20世纪初新加坡作为主要港口的崛起对城市真实的工资和生活水平的影响，当时这个英国殖民地充当了周边地区的心脏地带。基于新重建的名义工资和价格时间序列的分析，它表明，真实的工资在新加坡大幅波动，在此期间，上升和下降与港口的主要贸易锡和橡胶。然而，随着这座城市在两次世界大战之间转变为商业和金融中心，新加坡的真实的工资上升了，尽管这伴随着不断扩大的技能溢价。与亚洲的其他城市相比，这个城市在1900年之前似乎享有相对较高的平均生活水平，可能到20世纪30年代末也是如此。
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of Singapore’s rise as a staple port on the city’s real wages and living standards during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, when this British colony acted as the heartland to surrounding hinterlands. Based on an analysis of newly reconstructed nominal wage and price time series, it is shown that real wages in Singapore fluctuated substantially over this period, rising and falling with the port’s staple trade in tin and rubber. As the city transformed itself into a commercial and financial hub during the interwar period, however, Singapore’s real wages rose, though this was accompanied by a widening skill premium. Compared to its peers in Asia, the city appears to have enjoyed a relatively higher average living standard before 1900, and possibly by the late 1930s as well.
二十世纪新加坡的经济增长、历史 GDP 估算和实证研究。
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2011
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作者：
History and Economic Development Group Workshop;Economic History Society;Ichiro Sugimoto;Government Fiscal Behavior and Economic Growth of Singapore in the Twentieth Century;Economic Instability and Economic Growth of Singapore in the Twentieth Century;Ichiro Sugimoto;Ichiro Sugimoto
通讯作者：
Ichiro Sugimoto