Labour Relations in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) for the Year 1650

An abridged dataset from the Global Collaboratory on the History of Labour Relations, focusing on labour relations in Ceylon for the year 1650. It was created by Daan Jansen and Pim de Zwart, with an update in October 2020 involving data cleaning and deduplication. The dataset includes only records containing labour relations, with population data removed.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the structure of historical labour markets based on the described labour relations records.
• Studying gender distribution in historical labour forces based on the separation of male and female individuals.
• Conducting longitudinal studies of labour relations as part of the broader 1500-2000 global history project.

Strengths

• Data underwent cleaning and removal of duplicate records in an October 2020 update.
• Male and female individuals are separated, allowing for gender-based analysis.
• Part of a larger, structured global history project spanning 1500-2000.

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, likely from archival sources.

Time Range

1650

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 06:12:18; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ceylon (Sri Lanka)