Japan's labour relations data for the years 1800 and 2000, created by Daan Jansen and Christine Moll-Murata. This version includes only records containing labour relations, with population data removed. The dataset underwent cleaning, separation of male and female individuals, and removal of duplicate records in October 2020.
Use Cases
- Analyze historical shifts in labour relations based on the two time points (1800 and 2000) mentioned in the description.
- Study gender-specific labour participation based on the separation of male and female individuals noted in the update.
- Examine cleaned and deduplicated historical records for demographic research, as the description mentions substantial data cleaning.
Strengths
- Data cleaning and removal of duplicate records were performed, as stated in the description.
- Male and female individuals are separated, allowing for gender-specific analysis.
- The dataset 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.
- The dataset covers only two specific years (1800 and 2000), providing a limited temporal snapshot.
Provenance
- Source
- Global Collaboratory on the History of Labour Relations 1500-2000 Dataset, via DataverseNL.
- Collection Method
- An abridged data format created by Daan Jansen (IISH), continuing earlier work by Joris Kok (IISH).
- Time Range
- 1800, 2000
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-18 06:14:04; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Japan