Wages and Income in the United Kingdom since 1860 [Paperback]

Originally published in 1937, this book provides a statistical analysis of wages and income in the United Kingdom from 1860 onwards.Originally published in 1937, this book by the pioneering British statistician and economist Arthur Lyon Bowley (18691957) provides a statistical analysis of wages and income in the United Kingdom from 1860 onwards, attempting 'to bring into a coherent whole' the work carried out in this area by Bowley during the preceding 40 years.Originally published in 1937, this book by the pioneering British statistician and economist Arthur Lyon Bowley (18691957) provides a statistical analysis of wages and income in the United Kingdom from 1860 onwards, attempting 'to bring into a coherent whole' the work carried out in this area by Bowley during the preceding 40 years.Originally published in 1937, this book was written by the pioneering British statistician and economist Arthur Lyon Bowley (18691957). The text provides a statistical analysis of wages and income in the United Kingdom from 1860 onwards, attempting 'to bring into a coherent whole' the work carried out in this area by Bowley during the preceding 40 years. A bibliography is included and notes are incorporated throughout. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in wages, statistics and British economic history.Introduction; 1. The course of average wages; 2. Real wages; 3. Average earnings and their distribution; 4. Earnings and needs; 5. The national wage-bill; 6. National income; Appendix A. Notes on the wage censuses of the United Kingdom; Appendix B. Notes on separation of the factors making for changes in average earnings; Appendix D. Notes on retail prices; Appendix E. Notes on the increase in middle-class occupations; Appendix F. Notes on earlier estimates of national income; Bibliography.