Examination of facts and figures as they have emerged from Chinese official sources between 1977-82 in respect of urban wages, rural incomes and prices at farm- and factory-gates and at retail and free market levels. Retail prices - an integral part of any assessment of living standards. The...

Standards of living in eighteenth century China: regional differences, temporal trends, and incomplete evidence / Kenneth Pomeranz -- Farm labour productivity in Jiangnan, 1620-1850 / Li Bozhong -- Wages, inequality, and pre-industrial growth in Japan, 1727-1894 / Osamu Saito -- Agriculture,...