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The Job Ads Database (JADB) Prototype: Building a New Resource for Historical Labour Market Research

Year: 2026

Type: report

Abstract: This paper introduces a novel dataset that serves as a prototype of what we call the ‘Job Ads Database’ (JADB). The underlying job advertisements are gathered from the Swedish digitalized newspaper corpus hosted by and made accessible through the Swedish National Library (Kungliga Biblioteket). JADB enables studying how the frequency and content of job advertisements change over time and sheds new light on the role of newspapers in recruitment, both relative to earlier practices and to public employment offices. We compare JADB data with official employment statistics of notified vacancies and applications from the Swedish Public Employment Administration (SPEA).

Source: Lund University Publications (Lund University)

Authors: Johansson, Mathias, Gladoić Håkansson, Peter, Karlsson, Tobias, La Mela, Matti

Institutions: Lund University, Malmö University

Language: English

Topic: Digital Humanities and Scholarship

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7140963523

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