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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XXXIV In regard to all standard rates of weekly earnings given in this Report it must be remembered that the earnings of the workmen are subject to this compulsory deduction. (v.) Relation of Rates of Wages to Rents and Prices. The following Table shows for each of the geographical groups the mean index numbers for rents and prices, and for rents and prices combined, together with the mean index numbers for the weekly rates of wages for skilled men in the building, engineering, and printing trades. Geographical Group. Number of Towns. Mean Index Numbers. Rent and Prices. Rent. Prices. Rent and Prices combined.* Wages (Skilled Men). Build ing. Berlin Central Germany Rhineland Westphalia :— (а) Textile Towns (б) Hardware Towns South Germany Saxony Silesia Baltic Ports North Sea Ports 100 35 55 61 65 47 52 52 59 100 99 104 100 107 102 91 99 101 100 86 94 93 99 91 83 89 93 100 83 82 84 77 80 71 78 96 Engineer ing. Printing. 100 86 92f 93 81 79f 95f 69f 88 100 85 88 89 88 91 88 89 96 * In the construction of this index number prices have been given a weight of four and rent a weight of one. t In these cases the number of towns included is less than the number in the geographical group. From this Table it does not appear possible to draw any conclusions as to the extent to which wages vary from one district to another with variations in that part of the cost of living which is represented by expenditure on food and housing accommodation. The available data are hardly sufficient for the deter mination of the problem ; but the above Table does not seem to indicate any immediate relation between the level of rent and prices on the one hand and of wages on the other. If the mean of the wages index numbers for the three trades (building, engineering, and printing) be taken in each group, and the results combined with the index numbers for rents and prices combined, an approximate com parison of the average level of " real ” wages may be made, i.e., of the money wages expressed in terms of their purchasing capacity (as shown by the index numbers of rent and. prices combined) rpk ~ — * —^ " Table :— The results are set out in the following Geographical Group. Number of Towns. Mean Index Numbers. Rent and Prices combined. Berlin Central Germany Rhineland Westphalia :— (a) Textile Towns (b) Hardware Towns South Germany Saxony Silesia Baltic Ports ... North Sea Ports 100 86 94 93 99 91 83 89 93 Wages of Skilled Men in Building, Engineering, and Printing Trades. 100 85 87 89 82 83 85 79 93 Approximate relative level of “ Real Wages.” 100 99 93 96 83 91 102 89 100

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