Sources and Notes to the ICOP Industry Database
Numbers of Persons Engaged
OECD countries:
AUSTRALIA:
1959-1965 from OECD Labor Force Statistics (1972); 1966-1987 from OECD National Accounts, Vol. 2 (1999, electronic version); 1988-1998 from OECD National Accounts, Vol. 2 (2000); 2000 from OECD Labor Force Statistics (2001).
BELGIUM:
1950-1960: based on OECD Manpower Statistics; 1960-1980 from Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS), August 2001 ( 1980-1994 and 1999-2000 on basis of total employment/employee ratio from OECD Labor Force Statistics (2000) applied to employee series from Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS), August 2001 ( 1995-1998 from OECD National Accounts, Vol. 2 (2000).
CANADA:
1950-2000 from Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS), August 2001 (
FINLAND:
1950-1960 from R. Hjerppe (1989), The Finnish economy 1860-1985: growth and structural change, Bank of Finland; 1960-1988 from OECD National Accounts, Vol. 2 (1999, electronic version); 1988-1998 from OECD National Accounts, Vol. 2 (2000); 1999-2000 from Statistics Finland website (
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FRANCE:
1950-2000 from Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS), August 2001 ( incl. mining but less energy related products.
WEST GERMANY:
1950-1960 from Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS), August 2001 ( 1960-1993 from OECD National Accounts Vol. 2 (1999, electronic version); 1994-2000 from Deutsche Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Produktion und Faktoreinzatz nach Branchen des verarbeitenden Gewerbes Westdeutschlands, Berlin, August 2001.
JAPAN:
1953-1969 from D. Pilat (1994), The Economics of Rapid Growth. The Experience of Japan and Korea, Aldershot UK and Brookfield US: Edward Elgar; 1970-1998 from OECD STAN ( 1999-2000 from Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS), August 2001 (
NETHERLANDS:
1950-1976 from Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS), August 2001 ( 1977-1987 from Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS), Statistiek Werkzame Personen and CBS, Enquete Beroepsbevolking; 1987-1995 from CBS Arbeidsrekeningen; 1995-2000 from CBS, Nationale Rekeningen 2000.
PORTUGAL:
1950-1978 from OECD Labor Force Statistics, various issues; 1978-1995 from Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Contas Nacionais, various issues; 1996-1999 are series for industry, incl. energy from OECD National Accounts Vol. 1 (2001).
SPAIN:
1950 from OECD Manpower Statistics; 1955: from "Renta Nacional de España y su distribución provincial", Fundación BBV; 1956-1964 from OECD Labor Force Statistics, various issues; 1964-1997 from M. Mas, Pérez, Uriel and L. Serrano, "Capital Humano Series Históricas 1964-97, Fundación Bancaixa"; 1997-2000 at CNE 1995 base from Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).
SWEDEN:
1950-1960 from Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS), August 2001 ( 1960-1970 from Statistics Sweden (SCB), National Accounts 1950-1971, Stockholm; 1970-1980 from SCB, National Accounts 1970-1985; 1980-1993 OECD National Accounts, Vol. 2 (1999, electronic version); 1994-1999 from Statistics Sweden,National Accounts, 1993-1999; 2000 from Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS), August 2001 (
UNITED KINGDOM:
1950-1999 from NIESR, National Institute Sectoral Database, updated; 2000 from Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS), August 2001 (
UNITED STATES:
Employment concept is full-time and part-time employees plus self-employed persons. 1950-1977 from Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), National Income and Product Accounts of the United States, 1929-1982, Washington DC; 1977-1999 from BEA, Gross Domestic Product by Industry and the Components of Gross Domestic Income ( (downloaded in May 2001); 2000 from Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS), August 2001 (
Latin America:
BRAZIL:
1950-1996 from Nanno Mulder (1999), The Economic Performance of the Service Sector in Brazil, Mexico and the USA, A Comparative Historical Perspective, Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph Series, No. 4; based on Brazilian Statistical and Geographic Foundation (IBGE), Matriz de Insumo-Produto, with logarithmic interpolations for 1981-1984 and 1986-1990; updated by Mulder to 1998.
MEXICO:
1950-1996 from Nanno Mulder (1999), The Economic Performance of the Service Sector in Brazil, Mexico and the USA, A Comparative Historical Perspective, Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph Series, No. 4 ; based on population census with interpolations from the National Statistics, Geography and Informatics Institute (INEGI); updated by Mulder to 1999.
Asia:
CHINA:
All manufacturing:
1952-1997 are "persons engaged", including small scale manufacturing from H. Wu, “Industrial output and labour productivity in China, 1949-94”, in A. Maddison, D.S. Prasada Rao and W. Shepherd, eds., The Asian Economies In The Twentieth Century, Edward Elgar, forthcoming; based on DPES (Dept Population and Employment Statistics) concept, i.e. "S&W" plus those not controlled by the state employment system and hence not classified as "S&W", that is, non-S&W, also including below township level; 1998-1999 extrapolated on basis of estimates for township level and above.
Township level and above:
1980-1999 are staff and workers at township level and above from A. Szirmai, M. Bai and R. Ren (2001), Labour productivity trends in Chinese manufacturing, 1980-1999, ECIS Working papers 01.10, Technical University Eindhoven (
INDIA:
All manufacturing:
1960, 1970, 1980 and 1991 are based on population census figures from Central Statistical Organization (CSO), Census of India; 1991-1998 from CSO, Labour Related Establishment Survey, various issues as given by International Labour Organization (ILO), Labour Statistics Database, March 2001; figures for years between 1960-1970, 1970-1980 and 1980-1991 are estimated by using sectoral average labour productivity growth rates for these periods.
Registered manufacturing:
1960-1998 from Central Statistical Organization (CSO), Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), Summary for the Factory Sector, annual issues; 1972 intrapolated.
INDONESIA:
All manufacturing:
1961, 1971 and 1980 from Hugo et al (1987)., The Demographic Dimension in Indonesian Development (1987), Table 8.7, based on Population Census; 1990 from H. Hill (1996), The Indonesian economy since 1966 : Southeast Asia's emerging giant, Cambridge University Press, Table 2.2, based on 1990 Population Census; 1971-1980 and 1980-1989 are estimated by using sectoral average labour productivity growth rates for these periods. 1989-97 from International Labour Organization (ILO), Yearbook of Labour Statistics, various issues; 1997-2000 from Biro Pusat Statistik (BPS), Labour force survey.
Medium and large scale manufacturing:
1975-1995 from Biro Pusat Statistik (BPS), Printout on revised Statistik Industri data (September 1997); 1996-1999 from Biro Pusat Statistik (BPS), Statistik Industri, various issues.
KOREA:
1963-1986 from D. Pilat (1994), The Economics of Rapid Growth. The Experience of Japan and Korea, Aldershot UK and Brookfield US: Edward Elgar, originally from Economic Planning Board (EPB), Annual Report on the Economically Active Population Survey, Seoul, various issues; 1987-1999 from Economic Planning Board (EPB), Annual Report on the Economically Active Population Survey, Seoul, various issues.
TAIWAN:
1963-1965 from Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS), Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of China, 1982 applied to 1965; 1965-1977 from DGBAS, Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of China, 1993 and 1999; 1978-2000 from DGBAS, Monthly Bulletin of Manpower Statistics, Taiwan Area, various issues.
Eastern Europe:
CZECHOSLOVAKIA:
Derived from various reports of Th. Alton and Associates, Research Project on National Income in East Central Europe, L.W. International Financial Research, Inc., New York.
CZECH REPUBLIC:
1989-1999 from Czech Statistical Office, Labour Statistics: Time Series of Basic Indicators (manufacturing).
EAST GERMANY:
1950-1989 based on Adjusted Factor Cost method derived from various reports of Th. Alton and Associates, Research Project on National Income in East Central Europe, L.W. International Financial Research, Inc., New York. 1989-1990 supplemented with estimates from Statistische Bundesamt and Deutsche Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Statfinder ( 1991-1998 at 1995 prices from DIW (1999), Vergleichende Branchendaten für das verarbeitende Gewerbe in Ost- und West-Deutschland, Berlin.
HUNGARY:
1950-1990 derived from various reports of Th. Alton and Associates, Research Project on National Income in East Central Europe, L.W. International Financial Research, Inc., New York; 1991-1995 on basis of series for industrial employment from United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Trends in Europe and North America, 2001 ( 1995-1998 from OECD National Accounts, Vol. 2 (2000); 1998-2000 series for industrial employment from UNECE, Trends in Europe and North America, 2001 (
POLAND:
Derived from various reports of Th. Alton and Associates, Research Project on National Income in East Central Europe, L.W. International Financial Research, Inc., New York 1991-1992 on basis of series for industrial employment from United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Trends in Europe and North America, 2001 ( 1992-1998 from OECD National Accounts, Vol. 2 (2000); 1998-2000 series for industrial employment from UNECE, Trends in Europe and North America, 2001 (
USSR:
1950-1990 from R.D.J. Kouwenhoven (1996), "A Comparison of Soviet and US Industrial Performance," Research Memorandum GD-29, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, Groningen; for 1950-1989 based on T. Heleniak (1990), "Estimates and Projections of the Labor Force and Employment in the Soviet Union for 1988 and 1989", Soviet Branch, Centre for International Research, U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1990 from Narodnoe Khozuaistvo, 1990.
Africa:
EGYPT:
1970-1997 from Agnès Chevallier and Deniz Ünal-Kesenci (2001), “La productivite des industries mediterraneennes”, Centre d’etudes prospectives et d’informations internationales (CEPII), Paris; firms with 10 or more persons only.
MOROCCO:
1986-1998 from Agnès Chevallier and Deniz Ünal-Kesenci (2001), “La productivite des industries mediterraneennes”, Centre d’etudes prospectives et d’informations internationales (CEPII), Paris.
TANZANIA:
1965-1995 from A. Szirmai, M. Prins and W. Schulte, “Measuring Manufacturing Performance in Tanzania”, in A. Szirmai and P. Lappters, eds., The Industrial Experience of Tanzania, Palgrave.
ZAMBIA:
1964-1998 from F.K. Yamfwa, Improving Manufacturing Performance in LDC's. The Case of Zambia, Technical University Eindhoven.