The figures on nominal wages refer to the "average worker" and hence are more like wages for an "average" job than for any job in particular. You seem to imply that there is a data series out there with wages for particular jobs, weighted perhaps by number of workers. If so I would be very interested in accessing it. Dave Richardson ---------- From: pen-l Subject: [PEN-L:3891] Re: FW: Daily Report Date: Monday, April 22, 1996 8:24AM > > > The last item (on NAM) states that if the overestimation of the CPI is taken > into account, real wages are up since the 70's. Although I don't usually > tell publicize this, it is correct, and word seems to be getting out. > Nonetheless, assuming that they are right and that there has been a 15% > increase since 1979, this is fairly poor in a country that had been > expecting a doubling of real wages every generation or so. It is just that > this isn't as easy a rhetorical point to make, especially in the U.S. sound > bite political style. > > Dave Richardson Does Dave mean that real wages for a given job have been increasing or that real wages for the average job have been increasing? > ---------- Michael Perelman E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
