The author looks at wage trends 1968-78, hired labour's share in output, the structure and level of wages, employment and trends concerning employment and income in the rice agriculture of Java, and of other parts of Indonesia. Real wage bill per hectare has stagnated over the period 1971-78....

This article first outlines and briefly considers various arguments put forward to justify a capital-intensive pattern of industrial development. It then refers to policies which have encouraged this type of industrialization in some developing countries of Asia and indicates a need for a...