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Data report about the labour market of the former German Democratic Republic (II): the new German Laender, 1989

Wahse, Jürgen; Dahms, Vera; Fitzner, Sibylle
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA8127 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.8127
Abstract: With this data compilation the authors J. Wahse et al. want to provide information about the demographic, economic and social processes in the new German Laender in the former GDR, mainly for the year of 1989 (and partly also for 1990). The data compilation comprises information on persons employed in the former GDR, their qualification, and the unemployment-rate by the new Laender (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt , Saxony, Thuringia, East-Berlin) and the area of the former GDR in total. To the point ‘employees in the former GDR by new Laender’ there are also 3 lont ... more
Topics: HISTORY

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 1989 - 1990
Geographic coverage: German Democratic Republic (1949-1990) (DDDE), The former German Democratic Republic
Number of Units: 35 Zeitpunkte
Mode of Data Collection: Sources: Reportings of the former Public Head Office of Statistics in the GDR (Staatliche Zentralverwaltung für Statistik der DDR).
Analysis System(s): Excel
Number of Variables: 77 Zeitreihen
Notes: Information about employees in total by the new German Laender are obtainable as long time-series from 1955-1989. The ZA-Study-Number is 8127 and they can be downloaded from the ZA-Online-Database HISTAT. To the topic ‘GDR-Employment-Market’ see also the ZA-Studies ZA8126 and ZA8189.

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Wahse, Jürgen - SÖSTRA - Institut für Sozialökonomische Strukturanalysen. Berlin. | Dahms, Vera - | Fitzner, Sibylle -
Publication year: 2007
DOI: 10.4232/1.8127
Study number: ZA8127
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
External links: Online Database HISTAT (SAFE)

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.8127
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Reference publications

Publications: Wahse, Jürgen (u.a.): Datenreport DDR-Arbeitsmarkt (II). Länder der ehemaligen DDR. Trends & Facts Special Nr. 2, 1990. Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften Berlin.
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Wahse, Jürgen, Dahms, Vera, & Fitzner, Sibylle (2007). Data report about the labour market of the former German Democratic Republic (II): the new German Laender, 1989. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA8127 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.8127.

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