关键词: 生存工资 , 工资； , 最低工资

Abstract:

 Surrounding Marxs Theory of Wage, there exists extensive debates and some deeprooted misunderstanding in the academic arena. A review of Marxs writings throughout his life has shown that his theory of wage undertook some substantial changes in his later works. Influenced by the Subsistence Theory of Wage proposed by classical economists, Marx failed to make coherent distinctions between several key concepts in his early writings, including labor versus labor power, and wage versus minimum wage. It was not until the first edition of Das Kapital did Marx manage to develop his own mature theory of wage and propose within the theory a relatively independent concept of wage minimum. This fundamental change successfully distinguishes Marxs theory of wage from his classical predecessors and helps to resolve the longstanding confusion raised by an indiscriminate treatment of wage and minimum/subsistent wage. In line with his Working Day theory, Marxs concept of wage minimum is based upon the peculiarity of labor power as a commodity, and provides a theoretical foundation for the establishment of national minimum wage policies.

Key words: subsistence wage , wage , wage minimum