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Low Countries Data Collection (1350-present)

Historical Sample of the Netherlands

History of Labour Relations

Electronic Repository of Russian Historical Statistics (RISTAT)

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History of Work

Indian Ocean and Maritime Asia Slave Trade Databases

Historical Prices and Wages

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The long view on economic growth: New estimates of GDP Oct 21, 2021 - Clio Infra Bolt, Jutta; van Zanden, Jan Luiten, 2015, "The long view on economic growth: New estimates of GDP", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/8FCYOX, IISH Data Collection, V2, UNF:6:LkOdJSJcusmuFZ5isvk+lw== [fileUNF] The Maddison Project, initiated in March 2010 by a group of close colleagues of Angus Maddison, aims to develop an effective way of cooperation between scholars to continue Maddison’s work on measuring economic performance in the world economy. This paper is a first product of th...
The working week in manufacturing since 1820 Oct 21, 2021 - Clio Infra Gilmore, Oisín, 2021, "The working week in manufacturing since 1820", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/SZ4A1H, IISH Data Collection, V1, UNF:6:Zqh4+uGx03IvDmjICOPxFA== [fileUNF] The dataset contains some 4 300 observations and covers 120 countries or political units. It shows that workers in manufacturing worked 60 to 90 hours per week in the 19th century, compared to around 40 hours today. This is a reduction of 20-50 hours, that is, 50-125% of today’s...
Social Spending Oct 20, 2021 - Clio Infra Peter Lindert, 2021, "Social Spending", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/CP5NDW, IISH Data Collection, V1 As a share of GDP, government social spending has a hockey stick shape, remaining flat and near zero until the 20th century, when it rose sharply. Northwest Europe has always led the way. Over time, support has become more generous for the average elderly person relative to the y...
Vocabularies RISTAT Sep 23, 2021 - Electronic Repository of Russian Historical Statistics (RISTAT) Kessler, Gijs, 2016, "Vocabularies RISTAT", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/DXDEBK, IISH Data Collection, V182, UNF:6:OMGvZtGWdYHyIlbXk0SKaA== [fileUNF] Vocabularies for RISTAT in English and Russian
Documentation RISTAT Sep 23, 2021 - Electronic Repository of Russian Historical Statistics (RISTAT) Kessler, Gijs, 2016, "Documentation RISTAT", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/ULLJRB, IISH Data Collection, V65 Complete set of documentation files RISTAT
Wealth Top10 percent share Aug 18, 2021 - Clio Infra Guido, Alfani; Schifano, Sonia, 2021, "Wealth Top10 percent share", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/BI8EQU, IISH Data Collection, V1 The wealth Gini index value varies between 0 (perfect equality, i.e. all households or individuals have the same wealth) and 1 (perfect inequality, i.e. one household or individual owns all the wealth, the others have none). The wealth share of the top 10% is the share of wealth...
Wealth Yearly Ginis Aug 18, 2021 - Clio Infra Alfani, Guido; Schifano, Sonia, 2021, "Wealth Yearly Ginis", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/GQGKRH, IISH Data Collection, V1 The wealth Gini index value varies between 0 (perfect equality, i.e. all households or individuals have the same wealth) and 1 (perfect inequality, i.e. one household or individual owns all the wealth, the others have none). The wealth share of the top 10% is the share of wealth...
Wealth Total Aug 18, 2021 - Clio Infra Alfani, Guido; Schifano, Sonia, 2021, "Wealth Total", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/U8ZDOM, IISH Data Collection, V1 The wealth Gini index value varies between 0 (perfect equality, i.e. all households or individuals have the same wealth) and 1 (perfect inequality, i.e. one household or individual owns all the wealth, the others have none). The wealth share of the top 10% is the share of wealth...
Wealth Decadal Ginis Aug 18, 2021 - Clio Infra Guido Alfani; Sonia Schifano, 2021, "Wealth Decadal Ginis", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/1NO6GS, IISH Data Collection, V1 The wealth Gini index value varies between 0 (perfect equality, i.e. all households or individuals have the same wealth) and 1 (perfect inequality, i.e. one household or individual owns all the wealth, the others have none). The wealth share of the top 10% is the share of wealth...
Historische Database Nederlandse Gemeenten Jul 29, 2021 - Historical Database of Dutch Municipalities Boonstra, Onno, 2016, "Historische Database Nederlandse Gemeenten", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/RPBVK4, IISH Data Collection, V5 This dataset contains all files from the HDNG (Historical Database of Dutch Municipalities) as were received from Onno Boonstra, PI on the HASH project generating data and improving quality of the Historical Ecological Database (HED). This data is live queryable on Druid: https:/...

The long view on economic growth: New estimates of GDP

Oct 21, 2021 - Clio Infra

Bolt, Jutta; van Zanden, Jan Luiten, 2015, "The long view on economic growth: New estimates of GDP", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/8FCYOX, IISH Data Collection, V2, UNF:6:LkOdJSJcusmuFZ5isvk+lw== [fileUNF]

The Maddison Project, initiated in March 2010 by a group of close colleagues of Angus Maddison, aims to develop an effective way of cooperation between scholars to continue Maddison’s work on measuring economic performance in the world economy. This paper is a first product of th...

The working week in manufacturing since 1820

Oct 21, 2021 - Clio Infra

Gilmore, Oisín, 2021, "The working week in manufacturing since 1820", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/SZ4A1H, IISH Data Collection, V1, UNF:6:Zqh4+uGx03IvDmjICOPxFA== [fileUNF]

The dataset contains some 4 300 observations and covers 120 countries or political units. It shows that workers in manufacturing worked 60 to 90 hours per week in the 19th century, compared to around 40 hours today. This is a reduction of 20-50 hours, that is, 50-125% of today’s...

Social Spending

Oct 20, 2021 - Clio Infra

Peter Lindert, 2021, "Social Spending", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/CP5NDW, IISH Data Collection, V1

As a share of GDP, government social spending has a hockey stick shape, remaining flat and near zero until the 20th century, when it rose sharply. Northwest Europe has always led the way. Over time, support has become more generous for the average elderly person relative to the y...

Vocabularies RISTAT

Sep 23, 2021 - Electronic Repository of Russian Historical Statistics (RISTAT)

Kessler, Gijs, 2016, "Vocabularies RISTAT", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/DXDEBK, IISH Data Collection, V182, UNF:6:OMGvZtGWdYHyIlbXk0SKaA== [fileUNF]

Vocabularies for RISTAT in English and Russian

Documentation RISTAT

Sep 23, 2021 - Electronic Repository of Russian Historical Statistics (RISTAT)

Kessler, Gijs, 2016, "Documentation RISTAT", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/ULLJRB, IISH Data Collection, V65

Complete set of documentation files RISTAT

Wealth Top10 percent share

Aug 18, 2021 - Clio Infra

Guido, Alfani; Schifano, Sonia, 2021, "Wealth Top10 percent share", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/BI8EQU, IISH Data Collection, V1

The wealth Gini index value varies between 0 (perfect equality, i.e. all households or individuals have the same wealth) and 1 (perfect inequality, i.e. one household or individual owns all the wealth, the others have none). The wealth share of the top 10% is the share of wealth...

Wealth Yearly Ginis

Aug 18, 2021 - Clio Infra

Alfani, Guido; Schifano, Sonia, 2021, "Wealth Yearly Ginis", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/GQGKRH, IISH Data Collection, V1

Wealth Total

Aug 18, 2021 - Clio Infra

Alfani, Guido; Schifano, Sonia, 2021, "Wealth Total", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/U8ZDOM, IISH Data Collection, V1

Wealth Decadal Ginis

Aug 18, 2021 - Clio Infra

Guido Alfani; Sonia Schifano, 2021, "Wealth Decadal Ginis", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/1NO6GS, IISH Data Collection, V1

Historische Database Nederlandse Gemeenten

Jul 29, 2021 - Historical Database of Dutch Municipalities

Boonstra, Onno, 2016, "Historische Database Nederlandse Gemeenten", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/RPBVK4, IISH Data Collection, V5

This dataset contains all files from the HDNG (Historical Database of Dutch Municipalities) as were received from Onno Boonstra, PI on the HASH project generating data and improving quality of the Historical Ecological Database (HED). This data is live queryable on Druid: https:/...

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