Unemployment in the Weimar Republic from 1919 to 1933 and the following years until 1938.
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA8441 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.10301
Abstract: The essay focuses on the economic context of unemployment, analyzed in the framework of three questions: 1) How does unemployment develop over time? 2) Who was particularly affected by unemployment? Were there any notable differences between social groups, sectors, gender, and region? 3) What causes can be named for the high unemployment rate at this time? A reliable unemployment statistics, structured by sector, region, and gender, does only exist till 1928. Since 1928, the newly established Imperial Institute for Employment and Unemployment Insurance (=Reichanstalt für Arbeitsvermittlung und ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 1919 - 1938
Geographic coverage: German Reich (1871-1945) (DXDE), Weimar Republic
Number of Units: 9 Zeitpunkte
Mode of Data Collection: Sources:
Statistical supplements of the German Empire‘s Ministery of Labour: Statistische Beilagen zum Reichsarbeitsblatt, hrsg. Vom Reichsarbeitsministerium Jg. 1932-1937.
Statistical Handbook of Germany, edited by the states council of the American occupied territories: Statistisches Handbuch von Deutschland 1928-1944, hrsg. vom Länderrat des am ... more Analysis System(s): Excel
Number of Variables: 79 Zeitreihen
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Petzina, Dietmar -
Publication year: 2011
DOI: 10.4232/1.10301
Study number: ZA8441
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2011-03-15, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.10301
Version history: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Petzina, Dietmar, 1987: Arbeitslosigkeit in der Weimarer Republik, in: Abelshauser, W. (Hrsg.), 1987: Die Weimarer Republik als Wohlfahrtsstaat. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, S. 239 -259.
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