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International Labour Costs in Manufacturing, 1960-88

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2020

George F. Ray
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Comparative labour costs in the manufacturing industries have been analysed in four previous issues of this Review based on surveys of labour costs published by the Swedish Employers' Confederation. These contain time series of wages for time worked, social charges and total labour costs in manufacturing for most OECD countries and convert them into a common currency. Although no allowance is made for the different purchasing power of the wages paid (‘PPPs’) the comparison is useful since the products of the industries of various countries compete on international markets on the basis of current exchange rates.

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National Institute Economic Review , Volume 132 , May 1990 , pp. 67 - 70
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Copyright © 1990 National Institute of Economic and Social Research

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References

(1) Labour costs and international competitiveness, National Institute Economic Review, no. 61, August 1972; Labour costs in OECD countries 1964-75, National Institute Economic Review, no. 78, November 1976; Industrial labour costs 1971-83, National Institute Economic Review, no. 110, November 1984; and Labour costs in manufacturing, National Institute Economic Review, no. 120, May 1987.

(2) Wages and total labour costs for workers—international survey, annual, published by the Swedish Employers' Confed eration, Stockholm. We are grateful to the Confederation, and particularly Ms Marianne Lindahl, chief statistician, for permission to use the information contained therein and for making it available to us.