The Standard of Living in the Soviet Union, 1928–1940
重新估算了苏联前三个五年计划期间总消费和人均消费的增长,发现1928至1937年人均消费上升27%,但增长仅限于城市人口和迁入城市者,与标准解释中人均消费下降的结论不同。
New estimates of the growth in total and per capita consumption are developed for the Soviet Union during the first three Five-Year Plans. These estimates show that consumption per head rose 27 percent from 1928 to 1937. The gains were confined to the urban population and to those moving from the countly to the city. In the standard interpretation, per capita consumption fell in the 1930s. The reasons for the difference in interpretation are examined in detail. The estimates presented here are based on new information and on alternative approaches to valuation and index number problems.