Cost of living in German towns

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Identifikator:: 866449027

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-93831

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Cost of living in German towns

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Stat. Off.

Year of publication:: 1908

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (LXI, 548 Seiten)

Collection:: Economics Books

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XXX agreements for the cutlery industries of Solingen, and the various branches of the rasp, file, and small tool industry of Remscheid. There are agreements (either of time-rates or piece-rates) also in one town or another for a^number of the smaller trades, such as wood carving at Berlin, Breslau, and Chemnitz ; silk dyeing and printing at Crefeld ; bookbinding at Stuttgart, Leipzig, and Mannheim ; bespoke tailoring at Königsberg ; the ready-made clothing industry at Berlin ; shoemaking at Stuttgart ; and milling at Mannheim and Breslau. In the metal and engineering industries, as in the textile group, scarcely any agreements exist. It will be seen, therefore, that they relate almost solely to the smaller industries, and particularly to those which have more or less the character of handicrafts. The agreements as a rule are concluded for two or three years, though the minimum period may be as little as one year, and the maximum as much as five years. Specimen agreements are given in Appendix VI., pp. 508, 509. Where time-rates were not in force employers were asked to give the predominant earnings for each of the various classes of workmen in a full week, exclusive of overtime, in October, 1905. In order to facilitate comparison between the towns included in this investigation, it was necessary to choose trades which are represented in all the towns, with the fewest possible exceptions. The only trades answering to this requirement are the building trade, engineering, printing, and certain municipal employments. Brewing is represented in 23 towns, but comparison is rendered extremely difficult by the fact that in some of the towns beer is supplied tree to the employees, in others they have a choice between an allowance of beer and a money equivalent, and in yet others no allowance is made at all. The detailed rates of wages—whether ‘'standard rates” or predominant earnings—in these occupations are given in Appendix I., pp. 492-495. The following fable shows the predominant range of wages throughout Germany for each of the occupations in these trades, except brewing. The rates are in all cases weekly rates, and in the building trades in particular these are greatly dependent on the number of hours worked. Predominant Range of Weekly Wages in Certain in October, 1905.* Occupations in Germany Occupations^ Number of Towns included. Predominant Range of Weekly Wages at October, 1905. Number of Towns in which the mean wage for the given occupation was Within the Predominant Range. Below the Predominant Range. Above the Predominant Range. Building Trades :—t Bricklayers and Masons. Carpenters ... Joiners and Cabinet Makers. Plumbers Stucco workers Painters Labourers ... Engineering Trades : Moulders . . Fitters Turners Smiths Pattern-makers Labourers ... Printing Trades :— Compositors, Machine _ minders and Press men. Municipal Employees :— Road Makers Road Sweepers Gas Stokers Gas Labourers Waterworks Labour ers. 32 32 30 28 26 29 32 21 28 28 23 28 28 32 30 26 29 29 29 26s. 11 d. to 31s. 3d. 26s. 11(7. „ 31s. 3d. 24s. „ 27s. 24s. to 28s. 6(7. 33s. to 36s. 24s. to 29s. 8d. 19s. 6(7. to 24s. * 3* 's. to 34s. 26s. „ 32s. 27s. „ 33s. 28s. 6(7. to 33s. 25s. 6t7. „ 30s. 18s. to 22s. 24s. 9(7. to 25s. 11(7. 18s. to 21s. 7(7. 17s. 2(7. to 21s. 24s. to 30s. 18s. to 22s. 6(7. 18s. „ 21s. 7(7. 19 16 16 20 13 25 18 10 18 17 12 15 22 21 18 18 22 23 16 * Berlin is not included in this Table. t Wages are for a full week in summer.

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