The Africa-Asia Occupational Wage Database (AAOWD) aims to deepen research on African and Asian economic history. The database provides long-term wage series of indigenous male urban workers in six occupations: labourers, carpenters, electricians, car mechanics, entry-level clerks and bank tellers. The wage series are available for 34 African countries and 16 Asian countries and can be used to construct and compare skill-premiums for the period 1870-2010. An extensive description of the sources, key features, and consistency of the data is provided in the appendix of our working paper: Frankema, E., & Van Waijenburg, M. (2019). The Great Convergence. Skill Accumulation and Mass Education in Africa and Asia, 1870-2010. CEPR Discussion Paper No. 14150. Please cite the published version of the paper if you use (parts of) the AAOWD: Frankema, E., & Van Waijenburg, M. (2023). ‘What about the race
between education and technology in the Global South? Comparing skill premiums in
colonial Africa and Asia’, Economic History Review 76, pp. 941–978.
PAPER: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ehr.13221
DATA: Africa-Asia Occupational Wage Database – AAOWD v1.0