Smith’s theory of wages and its impact on the theory of wages in the 19th century

Adam Smith has not accepted subsistence theory of wages as an explanation of wages. He can be marked not only as a founder of wages-fund theory, but also of the bargaining theory of wages. Wage-fund doctrine dominated the next hundred years of English economics. Besides, Smith’s explanation of the d...

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Main Author: Stojanović Božo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Serbian Sociological Association, Belgrade 2005-01-01
Series:Sociološki Pregled
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Online Access:http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0085-6320/2005/0085-63200502153S.pdf
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spelling doaj-087b20b04bb64a44a775676afee2718c2021-04-02T06:38:13ZengSerbian Sociological Association, BelgradeSociološki Pregled0085-63202560-48802005-01-0139215318110.5937/socpreg0502153S0085-63200502153SSmith’s theory of wages and its impact on the theory of wages in the 19th centuryStojanović Božo0Institute of European Studies, Belgrade, SerbiaAdam Smith has not accepted subsistence theory of wages as an explanation of wages. He can be marked not only as a founder of wages-fund theory, but also of the bargaining theory of wages. Wage-fund doctrine dominated the next hundred years of English economics. Besides, Smith’s explanation of the differentials in wage rates among occupations were accepted by his successors for a century. That was the first step into direction of human capital theory.http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0085-6320/2005/0085-63200502153S.pdfsubsistence theory of wageswages-fund doctrineMill’s "recantation"human capital theory
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Smith’s theory of wages and its impact on the theory of wages in the 19th century
Sociološki Pregled
subsistence theory of wages
wages-fund doctrine
Mill’s "recantation"
human capital theory
author_facet Stojanović Božo
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title Smith’s theory of wages and its impact on the theory of wages in the 19th century
title_short Smith’s theory of wages and its impact on the theory of wages in the 19th century
title_full Smith’s theory of wages and its impact on the theory of wages in the 19th century
title_fullStr Smith’s theory of wages and its impact on the theory of wages in the 19th century
title_full_unstemmed Smith’s theory of wages and its impact on the theory of wages in the 19th century
title_sort smith’s theory of wages and its impact on the theory of wages in the 19th century
publisher Serbian Sociological Association, Belgrade
series Sociološki Pregled
issn 0085-6320
2560-4880
publishDate 2005-01-01
description Adam Smith has not accepted subsistence theory of wages as an explanation of wages. He can be marked not only as a founder of wages-fund theory, but also of the bargaining theory of wages. Wage-fund doctrine dominated the next hundred years of English economics. Besides, Smith’s explanation of the differentials in wage rates among occupations were accepted by his successors for a century. That was the first step into direction of human capital theory.
topic subsistence theory of wages
wages-fund doctrine
Mill’s "recantation"
human capital theory
url http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0085-6320/2005/0085-63200502153S.pdf
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