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Wednesday 23 April 2014
14.00 - 16.00
I-3
LAB01a
A Comparative Historical Analysis of Occupational Change across Eurasia, 1840–1940 I
Hörsaal 28 first floor
Belgium is often considered as the second industrial nation in Europe. From a technological perspective Belgium indeed adopted and adapted British innovations very rapidly. Similar factor endowments, e.g. rich coal and iron ore deposits, certainly pushed the assimilation process of British technology forward. But did it also lead to a ... (Show more) Belgium is often considered as the second industrial nation in Europe. From a technological perspective Belgium indeed adopted and adapted British innovations very rapidly. Similar factor endowments, e.g. rich coal and iron ore deposits, certainly pushed the assimilation process of British technology forward. But did it also lead to a similar employment structure? To investigate this question we will compare in a detailed way the composition and evolution of the Belgian and English labour force during the second half of the nineteenth century. (Show less)
Dimitrios Kopanas, Leda Papastefenaki : Occupational and Structural Change in Greece, 1840 – 1940, A Gender Perspective The period 1860-1940 mark a decisive transformation of economic and social structures in Modern Greece in terms of the gradually increasing relative weight of manufacture and services sectors of the economy and the augmented female participation in the workforce. The paper examines the official population and industrial censuses from 1860 ... (Show more) The period 1860-1940 mark a decisive transformation of economic and social structures in Modern Greece in terms of the gradually increasing relative weight of manufacture and services sectors of the economy and the augmented female participation in the workforce. The paper examines the official population and industrial censuses from 1860 onwards (mainly in the cities) in order to study these occupational and structural changes.
Greek official sources are problematic as regards the systematic under registration of female labour force and female economic activities. As a consequence, systematic under recording of female economic activity distorts the analysis of occupational and structural change. The paper aims a) to a critical investigation of the official sources from a gender perspective b) to a critique of the limitedness of the codifications models for the professions and c) to the identification of historical sources that can be used to reconstruct women’s occupations and economic activities. (Show less) Alexis Litvine : Assessing Changes in the Occupational Structure of France during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries This paper will review the existing publications and sources available for the history of occupational change in France from the late seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. In particular, it will discuss how previous works can be adapted to fit the standards (PSTI) suitable for international comparisons. It will also offer ... (Show more) This paper will review the existing publications and sources available for the history of occupational change in France from the late seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. In particular, it will discuss how previous works can be adapted to fit the standards (PSTI) suitable for international comparisons. It will also offer a first example of this possible recoding of existing sources by working on French capitation tax rôles, and I will use this case study to compare the chronology and nature of changes in the occupational structure of France and England before and during the Industrial Revolution. (Show less)
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