A questão dos determinantes dos salários nas teorias clássica, marxista e neoclássica

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to review critically part of the heritage of wage determination theories. Specially concerned with the period prior to the so known " Keynesian Revolution", and particularly conscious of the importance of factors such as the dominant economic theory, the stage of social and economic development and the existing wage-setting institutions, the author begins analysing the classical contribution, specifically the subsistence wage and the fund of wages theories. In continuation, the article examines the marxist concepts on the subject