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Chinese–Filipino Wage Differentials In Early-Twentieth-Century Manila

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  • Murray, John E.

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Racial or ethnic wage differentials are common in labor markets composed of easily identifiable groups. This article analyzes a rare source of historical wage data for nonwhite populations. An American labor-market survey of Manila in 1900 revealed that average Chinese wages were about a third higher than Filipino wages. This differential appears to have been in large part an overtime premium that compensated Chinese for their longer workdays; partly it reflected Chinese segregation into higher-paying industries. It is, by contrast, very hard to identify any “pure” ethnic wage premium.

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  • Murray, John E., 2002. "Chinese–Filipino Wage Differentials In Early-Twentieth-Century Manila," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 62(3), pages 773-791, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:62:y:2002:i:03:p:773-791_00
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