[OPE-L:2910] Re: Defining real wages

Paul Zarembka (ecopaulz@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu)
Wed, 28 Aug 1996 10:37:11 -0700 (PDT)

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On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Gerald Levy wrote:

> Alan's #2894 question:
>
> > Could someone define 'real wage' for me?
>
> What's wrong with the following?
>
> * Money wages statistically adjusted for changes in the average price of
> commodities (i.e. to calculate, using index numbers, the
> non-inflationary or non-deflationary purchasing power of wages).

Jerry, you must mean not "average price of commodities" in general, but
rather commodities consumed by workers. Paul Z.