Wages in Some Selected Asian Countries
Hourly Compensation as a Percentage of US Wages

1975 1995
Hong Kong 12 28
Singapore 13 43
South Korea 5 43
Taiwan 6 34

Source: Paul Krugman, "Is Capitalism Too Productive?" Foreign Affairs, Volume 76, No. 5 (September/October 1997), p. 90


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