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Jordnaturernas fördelning i Sveriges län år 1700. En rekonstruktion, samt en jämförelse med förhållandena vid 1500-talets mitt
(2020-08)
From the mid-16th to the early 20th century, Swedish farms were divided in
three cadastral categories: tax, crown and exempt land. In 1700, each category made up
for about a third of the farms, but precise information ...
Pushed into Unemployment, Pulled into Retirement: Facing Old Age in Gothenburg, 1923-1943
(2015-02)
Along with rapid growth and improved standards of living, the first decades of the twentieth
century saw the introduction of new technology and new ways to organize production. There are
contrasting views on what impact ...
The Gothenburg Population Panel 1915-1943: GOPP Version 6.0
(2015-02)
This paper presents the Gothenburg Population Panel (GOPP), a random sample of
individuals who were living in Gothenburg at some point in time during the period 1915-1943. The
individuals in the GOPP were searched for ...
Did industrialization improve the skill composition of the population? Evidence from Sweden, 1870 to 1930
(2024-03)
This paper documents the changing skill composition during industrialization
in Sweden using population censuses and HISCO/HISCLASS scheme. The results
reveal a general shift from unskilled to more-skilled occupations, ...
Skill Premium in Sweden, 1900–1950
(2024-04)
This paper documents the evolution of wage differentials between skilled and
unskilled workers in Sweden throughout the first half of the twentieth century. Using
newly digitized data on income taxes, this paper demonstrates ...
The Quest for Bureaucratic Efficiency - Sweden’s Rise and Fall as an Empire
(2024-04)
The prevailing literature on global state capacity suggests that: 1) Europe was
pulling ahead of other regions in the early modern period, and 2) state capacity in this
period was mostly dedicated to the purposes of ...