real wages
wages estimated not in money but in purchasing power.
Origin of real wages
1- Compare nominal wages.
Words Nearby real wages
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How to use real wages in a sentence
For the bottom 10 percent, from 1979 to 2013, real wages declined by 0.2 percent.
All the macro statistics bear that out (percentage of people employed, real wages, percentage of GDP going to labor, etc.).
Is Crowdsourced Labor the Future of Middle Class Employment? | Sarah Kunst | March 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInflation in the high-growth economies will change the relative real wages between the counties the same way a devaluation can.
Economists long ago discovered the necessity of distinguishing between money wages and real wages.
Then she would be free to go or stay, work for "real wages" for this mistress, or engage herself to another.
The Brass Bound Box | Evelyn Raymond
Now, we shall see that it is requisite to distinguish between money wages and real wages.
Political economy | W. Stanley JevonsIn order to establish any rational basis, the relation must be between real wages or standard of living and efficiency.
The Evolution of Modern Capitalism | John Atkinson HobsonTwo centimes daily are, however, deducted for messing, so that the real wages are five centimes per diem.
In the Foreign Legion | Erwin Rosen
British Dictionary definitions for real wages
economics wages evaluated with reference to their purchasing power rather than to the money actually paid: Compare money wages
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Cultural definitions for real wages
Wages adjusted for the prevailing level of consumer prices. (See also constant dollars.)
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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