The Development of workforce and workplaces in Germany between 1875 and 1980

In the context of the focal point „Industrial societies in change“ the Volkswagen foundation promoted the project “Comparative Analysis of Social Structure with mass data (VASMA)” from 1979 to 1984. The Vasma-Project was managed by Prof. Dr. Walter Müller, University of Mannheim. The VASMA-Project adressed the long-term change of the sructural labour force participation in Germany under consideration of the structural change of female labour force during the past 100 years. Topics of interest are: - The growth and structural change of the employment system. - The change of business organisation - The structural change of female labour force The data collection of this study is based on the following subproject of the VASMA-Project: - “Growth and structural change of employment systems”. - “Social modernisation and business organisation”. The data-tables of this study draw on published research-results of the VASMA-Projects. These Publications are listet under ‘Veröffentlichungen’ (=Publications). Topics of the data-tables in HISTAT: A. Overview-Tables: Workforce by occupational status and by industrial sector (source: Statistisches Bundesamt Wiesbaden, Bevölkerung und Wirtschaft 1872-1972); B. Development of economically active population by occupational area, occupational status and industrial sectors (VASMA-Project: Kleber, W.; Willms-Herget, A.); C. Development of firms and companies by economic sectors and enterprise size (VASMA – Projekt: Stockmann, R.; Kleber, W.); D. Added value by economic sectors (Hoffmann, W.G.; Statistisches Bundesamt).