TRENDS IN RURAL WAGES, WEST JAVA, 1977–83

Abstract

This paper examines monthly wage data collected by the Agro Economic Survey from seven villages in the Cimanuk River Basin of West Java, where data on agricultural and non-agricultural wages and prices of nine essential commodities were collected twice monthly between 1977 and 1983. Movements in money wages deflated by both the rice price and a weighted index of basic commodities are analysed in detail and differences between lowland and upland villages are discussed.

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M. Husein Sawit

Research staff of the Center for Agro Economic Research (CAER), Agency for Agricultural Research & Development, Department of Agriculture, Bogor, Indonesia.