History of Work

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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
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a bibliography on the world of work and links to related websites
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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==
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'
2014_HISCO_Pujadas_Mora.pdf Feb 7, 2017 - Barcelona Historical Marriage Database Adobe PDF - 293.4 KB - MD5: a5d2a76cc103d6db481b1c6fa9146a0b Paper describing the coding of Catalan occupational titles into HISCO
Occupation Matrix BHMD_3001.tab Feb 7, 2017 - Barcelona Historical Marriage Database Tabular Data - 9.4 MB - 17 Variables, 20923 Observations - UNF:6:f3xC63ywNbwbs3jyZbQhMQ== The HISCO codification of the Barcelona Historical Marriage Database. All the occupations were written originally in Catalan. In case of an individual had two, three occupations they have been codifyied in the same row together. That's the reason why you will find: Standardized...

1. hisco major groups.tab