英国工业革命时期的劳动力市场与工资水平

英国工业革命使经济迅速发展。经济的快速发展对劳动力需求是巨大的。而圈地运动为工业革命提供了大量的自由劳动力。众所周知,劳动力市场供需的变化对工资水平具有直接的影响。李嘉图曾认为,工人的工资决定于劳动者维持其自身与家庭所需的食物、必需品和享用品的价格,是一种生存工资。本文论证了为什么英国工业革命时期劳动力市场的巨大需求没有引起工资水平的上升,而只是处于李嘉图所说的生存工资水平上。

The Labor Force Market and Wage Level in the Period of Industrial Revolution in England

The Enclosure in England prompted development of the industrial revolution rapidly, and made a great effect on the labor force market of England, which provided so many free labor forces for the industrial revolution. The huge change of the labor forces market affected the wage level directly. David Ricardo thought that the wage level in the industrial revolution of England is a living wage, which is subject to the price of foods, necessities and luxuries supporting the labor and their families. In this article, We reasoning that Why the huge demand of labor forces market didn't cause the wage level increasing, which was staying on the living wage level as David Ricardo said.