iPEHD: The ifo Prussian Economic History Database

Sascha Becker, Francesco Cinnirella, Erik Hornung and Ludger Woessmann

No 6829, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper provides a documentation of the ifo Prussian Economic History Database (iPEHD), a county-level database covering a rich collection of variables for 19th-century Prussia. The Royal Prussian Statistical Office collected these data in several censuses over the years 1816-1901, with much county-level information surviving in archives. These data provide a unique source for micro-regional empirical research in economic history, enabling analyses of the importance of such factors as education, religion, fertility, and many others for Prussian economic development in the 19th century. The service of iPEHD is to provide the data in a digitized and structured way.

Keywords: database; county; 19th century; Prussia; economic history (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N13 N33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2012-08
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Published - published in: Historical Methods, 2014, 47(2), 57-66

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