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Tobias Karlsson . Photo

Tobias Karlsson

Director of first and second cycle studies, Department of Economic History, Senior lecturer

Tobias Karlsson . Photo

The Gothenburg Population Panel 1915-1943: GOPP Version 6.0

Author

  • Tobias Karlsson
  • Christer Lundh

Summary, in English

This paper presents the Gothenburg Population Panel (GOPP), a random sample of individuals who were living in Gothenburg at some point in time during the period 1915-1943. The individuals in the GOPP were searched for every fourth year in the registers of local tax authorities. The hit rate was high; 95 percent of the individuals and 87 percent of the possible observations in the initial master sample were found. The database contains 12,500 observations of 3,767 unique individuals 16 years old or more, who are broadly representative of Gothenburg’s adult population in the period of investigation. The sample is augmented with spouses and information on children (birth year and incomes). The paper documents how the database was constructed, describes its historical context, compares it with official statistics, presents some basic sample characteristics and discusses the issue of panel attrition.

Department/s

  • Department of Economic History

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Publication/Series

Göteborg Papers in Economic History

Issue

18

Document type

Working paper

Publisher

Department of Economy and Society, Unit for Economic History, Gothenburg University

Topic

  • Economic History

Keywords

  • panel data
  • population registers
  • labour mobility
  • inter-war period
  • Sweden

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1653-1000