• Inequality measures based on election data 1871 and 1892 for Swedish municipalities

The data contains inequality measures at the municipality-level for 1892 and 1871, as estimated in the PhD thesis "Institutions, Inequality and Societal Transformations" by Sara Moricz. The data also contains the source ...

• Financing the State: Government Tax Revenue from 1800 to 2012

This dataset presents information on historical central government revenues for 31 countries in Europe and the Americas for the period from 1800 (or independence) to 2012. The countries included are: Argentina, Australia...

• The role of energy infrastructure in shaping early adoption of electric and gasoline cars

Electric vehicles have a potential to lower greenhouse gas emissions but still face challenges. This study asks what can be learned from US automobile history. In 1900 there were three equal contenders in the US automoti...

• ISSP 2011 - Health

This survey is the Swedish part of the 2011 'International Social Survey Program' (ISSP), and it is the first time an ISSP-survey is focusing on health. Purpose: ISSP aims to design and implement internationally compar...

• Mexican Wealth Distribution 1810-1910

The zip files contain several files with wills from Mexico between 1810 and 1910 collected in order to measure Mexican wealth distribution in its first century of independence. The main file is wills_clean.xlsx, which co...

• ISSP 1995 - National identity I: Sweden

This survey is the Swedish part of the 1995 'International Social Survey Program' (ISSP), and it focuses on national identity. Respondents were asked to comment on various topics regarding national identity, such as how ...

• The happiness turn? Mapping the Emergence of “Happiness Studies” Using Cited References.

The study analyzes “happiness studies” as an emerging field of inquiry throughout various scientific disciplines and research areas. Utilizing four operationalized search terms in the Web of Science; “happiness”, “subjec...

• ISSP 1996 - Role of government III: Sweden

This survey is the Swedish part of the 1996 'International Social Survey Program'. Citizens' opinions were elicited on the function of their national governments and on what governments should and should not be doing. Re...

• ISSP 2003 - National identity II: Sweden

This is the Swedish part of the 2003 'International Social Survey Program' (ISSP), and it is the second time ISSP focuses on national identity. The questions on national consciousness and national identity include: Ident...