International Comparisons of Labor Costs in Manufacturing
International Comparisons of Labor Costs in Manufacturing
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制造业劳动力成本国际比较
DOI：
10.1111/j.1475-4991.1989.tb00597.x
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发表时间：
1989
影响因子：
2
通讯作者：
Kathryn A. Larin
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作者：
P. Hooper;Kathryn A. Larin
本文对几个国家制造业的单位劳动力成本水平进行了比较研究。本文首先调查了早期对相对生产率和单位劳动力成本水平的估计，并评估了先前研究中使用的各种方法。以美元计算的外国单位劳动力成本水平的实证估计是根据按名义汇率折算成美元的劳动报酬和按购买力平价汇率折算成美元的劳动生产率得出的。这些估计值与早期研究中获得的结果进行了比较。结果显示，近年来美国单位劳动力成本水平波动较大，主要是名义汇率波动。截至1988年初，美国的单位劳动力成本已远低于其他工业化国家的平均水平，但明显高于具有代表性的新兴工业化国家韩国的水平。
This paper presents a comparative study of the level of unit labor costs in the manufacturing sectors of several countries. The paper begins by surveying earlier estimates of relative productivity and unit labor cost levels and evaluating the various methodologies that have been used in previous studies. Empirical estimates of the levels of foreign unit labor costs in dollars are derived based on labor compensation translated into dollars at nominal exchange rates and labor productivity translated into dollars at purchasing power parity exchange rates. These estimates are compared with results obtained in earlier studies. The results show that the level of unit labor costs in the United States has fluctuated significantly in recent years, predominantly with fluctuations in the nominal exchange rate. As of early 1988, unit labor costs in the United States had dropped well below the average level of other industrialized countries but were significantly above the level in a representative newly industrialized country, Korea.