Health, Women's Work, and Industrialization - Center for Gender in ...
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Tabl e 1<br />
Hourly Wages <strong>for</strong> Operatives <strong>in</strong> Selected Countries, 1974 (US$)<br />
Hong Kong<br />
Malaysia<br />
Phil ipp<strong>in</strong>es<br />
S<strong>in</strong>gapore<br />
Taiwan (women)<br />
Indonesia<br />
Thail<strong>and</strong><br />
Unskilled<br />
.43<br />
.17<br />
.15<br />
.38<br />
.23<br />
.23<br />
.15<br />
Semi -skill ed<br />
.61<br />
.21<br />
.21<br />
.41<br />
.25<br />
.34<br />
.31<br />
Sources: Froebel et al. 1980; Hancock 1980.<br />
Table 2<br />
Hourly Wages <strong>in</strong> Electronics <strong>in</strong> Selected<br />
1976<br />
Hong Kong .55<br />
Malaysia .42<br />
Phil ippi nes .32<br />
S<strong>in</strong>gapore .62<br />
Taiwan .37<br />
Indonesia .17<br />
South Korea .52<br />
United States<br />
Japan<br />
Countries<br />
1980<br />
.97<br />
.42<br />
.32<br />
.90<br />
.90<br />
.45<br />
.91<br />
6.96<br />
5.97<br />
(US$)<br />
1985<br />
1.60<br />
.75<br />
.39<br />
2.43<br />
1. 70<br />
1.36<br />
12.59<br />
6.35<br />
Sources: Edgren 1982; Global Electronics ~Jewsletter No. 21 <strong>and</strong> No. 60.
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