Factory Operating Time and Labor Data in Late Imperial Russia

This replication package contains data and code for a study on factory operating time, mechanization, and labor force composition in late Imperial Russia. It supports replication of factory-level, district-level, and province-level analyses from the associated academic paper. The dataset is authored by Amanda Gregg and was last updated in February 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze factory-level operating time patterns across different regions of the Russian Empire.
• Investigate the relationship between mechanization and labor force composition in Imperial Russian factories.
• Replicate district-level and province-level statistical results on industrial modernization.
• Study the prevalence of part-year operation in the agricultural and industrial sectors of late Imperial Russia.

Strengths

• Data supports multi-level analysis at factory, district, and province scales.
• Associated with a specific, peer-reviewed academic study on Imperial Russian industrialization.
• Last updated in February 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• The specific row count, column structure, and file formats are unknown.
• Data scope is limited to the specific factories and time period studied in the associated paper.
• As a replication package, the primary data may be embedded within analysis code without standalone documentation.

Provenance

Source

ICPSR Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Replication package for an academic study.

Time Range

Late Imperial Russia period

Freshness

2026-02-23

Geography

Russian Empire