History of Work

History Of Work Information System

We offer information on occupations in the past:

Tens of thousands of occupational titles from countries and languages around the world from the sixteenth to the twentieth century
linked to short descriptions of the content of the work
linked to images and iconographic essays on the world of work
a bibliography on the world of work and links to related websites
information on social class schemes and occupational stratification scales such as respectively HISCLASS and HISCAM

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Files from HISCO database Jun 15, 2025 - HISCO Van Leeuwen, 2016, "Files from HISCO database", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/JA9B8O, IISH Data Collection, V2, UNF:6:P/x7e56FlwNkplEB7kJWiQ== [fileUNF] 2025-06-15: as a temporary solution, please click this link to DOWNLOAD the files. This dataset contains all files from the HISCO database as used for the historyofwork.iisg.nl website and HISCO book (see: DOI:10.3200/HMTS.37.4.186-197).
1. hisco major groups.tab Jun 15, 2025 - Files from HISCO database Tabular Data - 4.4 KB - 4 Variables, 10 Observations - UNF:6:bzo3oPrbAIUEXNGJABLD0Q==
2. hisco minor groups.tab Jun 15, 2025 - Files from HISCO database Tabular Data - 32.4 KB - 5 Variables, 77 Observations - UNF:6:COycjMd/ur2zFPi4LBeXCg==
3. hisco unit groups.tab Jun 15, 2025 - Files from HISCO database Tabular Data - 162.8 KB - 6 Variables, 298 Observations - UNF:6:pQr/8MbrUKAeJ/znJwNTIQ==
4. hisco full codes.tab Jun 15, 2025 - Files from HISCO database Tabular Data - 311.4 KB - 6 Variables, 1674 Observations - UNF:6:tj9wtYPu3bALLOoKymiOSg==
5. product codes.tab Jun 15, 2025 - Files from HISCO database Tabular Data - 13.9 KB - 5 Variables, 42 Observations - UNF:6:9N4Uc58oHPVv4+dmxdJTBQ==
6. relation codes.tab Jun 15, 2025 - Files from HISCO database Tabular Data - 468 B - 5 Variables, 10 Observations - UNF:6:ulVg1mV6SCLQy3Nu716okw==
7. status codes.tab Jun 15, 2025 - Files from HISCO database Tabular Data - 620 B - 5 Variables, 15 Observations - UNF:6:I4ospWMZhtWlrtS4RLhJRQ==
Swedish Occupational Titles from CEDAR Nov 13, 2024 Edvinsson, Sören; Westberg, Annika, 2016, "Swedish Occupational Titles from CEDAR", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/KNGX6B, IISH Data Collection, V4, UNF:6:XVrVjQ0SEaOo5bKwLhJH0g== [fileUNF] This file contains Swedish Occupational Titles as encountered by the CEDAR project, that were coded into HISCO (see notes and http://www.cedar.umu.se/english/?languageId=1). The occupations originate from documents from c 1700 – c 1950 for Skellefteå region and C 1700-1900 for Su...
se_CEDAR_HISCO.tab Nov 13, 2024 - Swedish Occupational Titles from CEDAR Tabular Data - 99.9 KB - 2 Variables, 4648 Observations - UNF:6:XVrVjQ0SEaOo5bKwLhJH0g== Updated file ('bokhandelsdr{ng' -> 'bokhandelsdräng') and in UTF-8 format. 2024 replaced: colon separated with comma separated file and removed incorrect comma in 'BEFALLNINGSMAN-JORDBRUK'

Files from HISCO database

Jun 15, 2025 - HISCO

Van Leeuwen, 2016, "Files from HISCO database", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/JA9B8O, IISH Data Collection, V2, UNF:6:P/x7e56FlwNkplEB7kJWiQ== [fileUNF]

2025-06-15: as a temporary solution, please click this link to DOWNLOAD the files. This dataset contains all files from the HISCO database as used for the historyofwork.iisg.nl website and HISCO book (see: DOI:10.3200/HMTS.37.4.186-197).

1. hisco major groups.tab