Prices and Wages
Prices and wages have long been a central part of the research at the department of economic history in Lund. Studies in price and wage history began in the 1950s and one of its first major achievements was the work by Lennart Jörberg; A History of Prices in Sweden 1732–1914 (Lund, 1972).
Jörberg assembled and analysed prices on a large number of mainly agricultural products in twenty-four counties in Sweden. Numerous price series and price deflators were constructed and analysed in the research project and book series Historiska nationalräkenskaper för Sverige 1800–1980 Vol. 1-9. [Historical National Accounts for Sweden 1800–1980 Vol. 1-9.] (Lennart Schön, Olle Krantz, Jonas Ljungberg and Lars Pettersson (Lund, 1986–1995)).
A number of dissertations in price and wage history have also been published. Jonas Ljungberg’s Priser och marknadskrafter i Sverige 1885–1969 [Prices and Market Processes in Sweden 1885–1969] (Lund, 1990) analyse the long-term behaviour of prices on industrial products in Sweden. Data on gender- and skill differentiated wages are assembled and analysed in a long-term perspective by Lars Svensson in Closing the Gender Gap. Determinants of Changes in the Female-to-Male Wage Ratio in Swedish Manufacturing 1913-1990. (Lund, 1995).
A selection of price and wage data from this accumulated research is presented in the LU-MADD database.
Agricultural products
Dairy
Butter Prices 1803-1914 .xls .doc
Meat
Beef Prices 1803-1914 .xls .doc
Pork Prices 1803-1914 .xls .doc
Grain
Barley Prices 1794-1914 .xls .doc
Oat Prices 1776-1914 .xls .doc
Rye Prices 1776-1914 .xls .doc
Wheat Prices 1803-1914 .xls .doc
Livestock
Cow Prices 1803-1914 .xls .doc
Oxen Prices 1803-1914 .xls .doc
Pig Prices 1803-1914 .xls .doc
Sheep Prices 1803-1914 .xls .doc
Forestry
Timber
Log Timber Prices 1794-1914 .xls .doc
Sawn Products
Paper and Pulp
Manufacturing Industry Products
Branch Price Index 1885–1969: (1910/12=100)
Iron and Steel Works .xls .doc
Metal Works .xls .doc
Iron and Metal Manufacturing .xls .doc
Machinery Industries .xls .doc
Electro Technical Industry .xls .doc
Shipbuilding Industry .xls .doc
Motor Industry .xls .doc
Bicycle Industry .xls .doc
Mining Industry .xls .doc
Glass Industry .xls .doc
Brickwork and Cement Industries .xls .doc
Sawmill Industries .xls .doc
Joinery Industry .xls .doc
Pulp and Paper Industries .xls .doc
Other Paper and Package Industries .xls .doc
Printing Industry .xls .doc
Butchery Industry .xls .doc
Dairies .xls .doc
Fat Industry .xls .doc
Milling Industry .xls .doc
Bakery Industry .xls .doc
Sugar Industry .xls .doc
Confectionery Industries .xls .doc
Other Food Industries .xls .doc
Liqour Industry .xls .doc
Breweries .xls .doc
Tobacco Industry .xls .doc
Spinning and Weaving Industries .xls .doc
Ready-made Clothes Industry .xls .doc
Boots and Shoe Industry .xls .doc
Tanneries .xls .doc
Rubber Products Industry .xls .doc
Fertilizer Industry .xls .doc
Dye Industry .xls .doc
Soap and Detergents Industry .xls .doc
Chemicals Industry .xls .doc
Technic-chemical Industry .xls .doc
Petrol Refineries .xls .doc
Main Branch Price Index and PPI 1885–1969: (1910/12=100)
Mining and Metalwork Industries .xls .doc
Stone and Glass Industries .xls .doc
Wood Industries .xls .doc
Paper and Printing Industries .xls .doc
Foodstuff Industries .xls .doc
Textiles and Clothing Industries .xls .doc
Leather and Rubber Industries .xls .doc
Chemical Industries .xls .doc
Electricity and Energy Industries .xls .doc
Producer Price Index 1885–1969 .xls .doc
Raw Materials
Wages
Agriculture
Day Wages 1803-1914 .xls .doc
Manufacturing
Services