The Growth and Distribution of the German national income between 1870 and 1913

The study is focused on the wages` and salaries` proportions in the era before World War I. In respect thereof, a working hypothesis is: The proportion of wages and salaries as to the national income increases in the course of the economic progress because (and as long as) the proportion of the wage and salary earners compared to the total number of income recipients increases too; both proportions are higher in national economies with highly-developed industries as compared to less developed agricultural regions.

The correlation between the income proportion generated from employed work and the national income on the one hand, and the weight of the employed part of the population within the body of socio-economic groups on the other, is explained in this study. Moreover, an empirical documentation is realised hereby. Factual classification of corresponding data tables in ZA-Database HISTAT: A. Growth and distribution of the national income A.1 Growth and distribution of the national income in Saxony (1874-1913) A.2 Growth and distribution of the national income in Baden (1885-1911) A.3 Growth and distribution of the national income in Württemberg (1904-1913) A.4 Nominal and real per capita income in Saxony (1874-1913) A.5 Nominal and real per capita income in Baden (1885-1911) A.6 Nominal and real per capita income in Württemberg (1904-1913) B. Per capita income and relative distribution B.1 Proportion of employed workforce (1875-1913) B.2 Per capita income and relative distribution in Baden (1885-1911) B.3 Per capita income and relative distribution in Saxony (1876-1913) B.4 Per capita income and relative distribution in Württemberg (1904-1913) C. Estimated income of physical persons per type of income C.1 Estimated income of physical persons per type of income in Saxony (1874-1913) C.2 Income of physical persons per type of income in Baden (1885-1911) C.3 Income of physical persons per type of income in Württemberg (1904-1913) D. Employment structure according to occupation census D.1 Employment structure according to occupation census in Saxony (1875-1925) D.2 Employment structure according to occupation census in Baden (1882-1925) D.3 Employment structure according to occupation census in Württemberg (1882-1925) E.Distribution of income per category E.1 Development of the categorial distribution of income in Germany (1870-1913) E.2 Development of the national wage ratio (1870-1913) E.3 Development of the proportion of employed persons in the national economy (1870-1913) E.4 Development of the national per capita income of the employed workforce (1870-1913) E.5 Development of the national per capita income of self-employed persons (1870-1913)