Value added, employment and capital expenditures in the East German Industry, 1950-2000: data, methods, comparisons ; an introduction

Abstract: Industry was the most important economic sector in the GDR. Of all the countries within the Eastern Bloc (Comecon), only the USSR achieved higher added value per capita than the GDR’s industrial sector. The quantitative description of industrial output in the GDR nevertheless continues to be characterized by significant data gaps and a lack of comparable, long-term time series for im-portant performance and expenditure values calculated in accordance with contemporary statistical standards. This HSR Focus presents new calculations for added value, employment and capital expenditures which close these gaps at both an overall industrial level and branch level between 1950 and 1989. The calculations take the form of backward projections carried out in accordance with the current conceptual and methodological principles of national ac-counting (ESA95). The incorporation of current data for the new German federal states from 1991 onwards into the data base facilitates the extension of t

Object Details

• Alternative title: Wertschöpfung, Erwerbstätigkeit und Investitionen in der Industrie Ostdeutschlands, 1950-2000: Daten, Methoden, Vergleiche ; eine Einleitung
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Value added, employment and capital expenditures in the East German Industry, 1950-2000: data, methods, comparisons ; an introduction ; volume:38 ; number:4 ; year:2013 ; pages:7-13 ; Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; Historical social research ; 38, Heft 4 (2013), 7-13

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Geschichte

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Heske, Gerhard

Further information

• DOI: 10.12759/hsr.38.2013.4.7-13
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-383742
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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