The primary source of truly low-wage labor has always been newly
recruited migrants from rural areas, often those who are entering the
wage-labor market for the first time. They are ready to accept what are
by world standards low wages for two reasons. The net income they
receive is, in fact, higher than the net income they previously received in
their rural activity. And they are socially uprooted and, consequently,
politically somewhat in disarray and unable, therefore, to defend well
their interests. Both explanations wear out over time, certainly after, say,
30 years, and such workers begin to exert pressures on wage levels parallel
to those of workers in other regions of the world economy. In this
case, the major option for capitalists is further relocation.
The primary source of truly low-wage labor has always been newlyrecruited migrants from rural areas, often those who are entering thewage-labor market for the first time. They are ready to accept what areby world standards low wages for two reasons. The net income theyreceive is, in fact, higher than the net income they previously received intheir rural activity. And they are socially uprooted and, consequently,politically somewhat in disarray and unable, therefore, to defend welltheir interests. Both explanations wear out over time, certainly after, say,30 years, and such workers begin to exert pressures on wage levels parallelto those of workers in other regions of the world economy. In thiscase, the major option for capitalists is further relocation.
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