France

The Morts Pour la France Database

Database on the 1.3 million French fatalities of World War I

The Missing Men. World War I and Female Labor Force Participation

The scarcity of men due to the war generated an upward shift in female labor force participation that persisted throughout the interwar period.

Collateral Damage? How World War One Changed the Way Women Work

Drawing on individual-level data from the 1911 and 1921 population censuses and census-linking techniques, we analyze the consequences of World War I in France on female labor force participation. Our preliminary results suggest that in …

Mapping the Third Republic. A Geographic Information System of France (1870–1940)

Describes a comprehensive geographic information system of Third-Republic France: the TRF-GIS.

The TRF-GIS

The Third-Republic France Geographic Information System (1870–1940)