Comparing real wages in the 19th and 20th centuries - introductory remarks, P.Scholliers; bibliographical list on wages, prices and real wages in Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries, with special interest for statistics and methodological problems, P.Scholliers; the formation of the wage - some problems, L.D.Schwarz; wage formation - some more problems, P.van den Eeckhout; wages of servants of the "Cense-du-Sart" in Ernape (Brabant), 1783-1849, F.Daelemans; wages and gross national product, P.Bairoch; some remarks on the relationship between overall economic output and real wages in the pre-industrial period, D.Ebeling; the place of the unskilled male worker in the economy of a nation, R.Wall; real wages, inequality and economic growth in Britain, 1750-1850, N.Crafts; is it justified to use real wages as a standard of living index?, D.Morsa; the standard of living debate and social history, J.Lucassen; an international comparison of real industrial wages, 1890-1913 - methodological issues and results, V.Zamagni; passing through a minefield - international comparisons of 19th century wages, R.Leboutte; income flows, the family economy and survival strategies, M.Daunton; the construction of historical price indices with an illustration from interwar Belgium, C.Schroevan and P.Solar; the sophistication of real wage series, D.van der Veen; one cost of living index?, J.L.van Zanden; historical and institutional determinants of wages, I.Cassiers; labour unions, international competition and the social reproduction cost of labour, J.Vuchelen; real wages in Germany, France and the Netherlands, D.van der Veen and J.L.Van Zanden; some conclusions and suggestions for further research, P.Scholliers and J.Hannes.
