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China’s wages grow by an average of 5% a year, 7% for the poorest workers. Compounding, wages double every 15 years. (tradingeconomics.com)
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[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That fucking whips. Do we know what their inflation is like/how real wages look?

[–] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Real wage has gone up 4x in the past 25 years, more than any other country https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw8SvK0E5dI

The real (inflation-adjusted) incomes of the poorest half of the Chinese population increased by more than four hundred percent from 1978 to 2015, while real incomes of the poorest half of the US population actually declined during the same time period. https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w23119/w23119.pdf

From 2010 to 2019 (the most recent period for which uninterrupted data is available), the income of the poorest 20% in China increased even as a share of total income. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.DST.FRST.20?end=2019&amp%3Blocations=CN&amp%3Bstart=2008

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

That's so awesome, thanks:)

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