In absolute terms their wages remain low by national standards.

他们工资的绝对值根据国家标准仍然是低的。

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In absolute terms British wages remain low by European standards.

根据欧洲标准，英国工资的绝对值依然很低。

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In absolute terms wages have risen, but not in comparison with the cost of living.

虽然从绝对值上看，人们的工资是增长了，但是与物价相比，工资的上涨远低于物价的上升。

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Yet the overall cost premium, based on the difference in absolute wages between the U.S. and China, is actually expanding, so labor arbitrage involving China and other low labor cost markets will likely persist.

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People are less concerned about absolute levels of wages or standards of living, compared with how they are doing relative to others.

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For de Waal, these experiments complement research showing that people are less concerned about absolute levels of wages or standards of living, compared with how they are doing relative to others.

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