Labour Relations in Brazil for 1650 and 1800

Labour Relations in Brazil: 1650, 1800 is an abridged data format created by Daan Jansen (IISH) and continuing earlier work by Joris Kok (IISH). This version, offered in October 2020, includes only records containing labour relations, with population data removed. The update involved data cleaning, separation of male and female individuals, and removal of duplicate records.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical labour force composition based on the separation of male and female individuals.
• Study changes in labour relations over time between the years 1650 and 1800.
• Conduct demographic research using cleaned and deduplicated individual records.
• Compare labour structures in Brazil with other regions covered by the Global Collaboratory on the History of Labour Relations.

Strengths

• Data has undergone cleaning and removal of duplicate records.
• Individuals are separated by male and female categories.
• Focuses specifically on labour relations records, excluding general population data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Global Collaboratory on the History of Labour Relations 1500-2000 Dataset

Collection Method

Historical research and data compilation by IISH (International Institute of Social History) researchers.

Time Range

1650, 1800

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 06:10:36; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Brazil