Wages and work organization in the southeast Spanish mining, 1850-1936
Keywords:
Mining, living standards, wages, real wages, living conditions, prices, organization of workAbstract
This paper analyzes the evolution of the workers’ wages in the mining operations of the southeast of Spain, where predominates a model of mining defined by the extreme division of property and a specific organization of labor relations. We reconstruct real wages series for the Sierra of Cartagena, one of the most representative area of this kind of productive organization. For deflating we have elaborated a Cost of Living Index mainly using documentation from hospitals in the area and the local government. Shopping baskets and published household budget surveys were used as weights. The wages were obtained from business documentation. Finally, results have been compared with other areas, delving into the features of the income of the study area. The purpose of this paper is explain differences across several mining business models and their implications in wages dynamics, trying to find the main factors behind these differences.Downloads
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
El/la autor/a cede los derechos al/la editor/a. Creative Commons
El/la autor/a que publica en esta revista está de acuerdo con los términos siguientes:- El/la autor/a cede en exclusiva todos los derechos de propiedad intelectual al/la editor/a para todo el mundo y toda la duración de los derechos de propiedad intelectual vigentes aplicables.
- El/la editor/a difundirá los textos con la licencia de reconocimiento de Creative Commons que permite compartir la obra con terceros, siempre que éstos reconozcan su autoría, su publicación inicial en esta revista y las condiciones de la licencia.