This PDF is a selection from an out-of-print volume from the National Bureau of Economic Research Volume Title: Small-Scale Industry in the Soviet Union Volume Author/Editor: Adam Kaufman Volume Publisher: NBER Volume ISBN: 0-87014-394-8 Volume URL: http://www.nber.org/books/kauf62-1 Publication Date: 1962 Chapter Title: Front matter to "Small-Scale Industry in the Soviet Union" Chapter Author: Adam Kaufman Chapter URL: http://www.nber.org/chapters/c5667 Chapter pages in book: (p. -15 - -4)
OCCASIONAL 80 SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRY IN THE SOVIET UNION ADAM KAUFMAN NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1962
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Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PAGE Xlii BY G. WARREN NUTFER 1. HIsTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ROLE OF SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRY 1 2. THE NATURE OF STATISTICS ON SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRY 8 Prerevolutionary Data 8 Data for the Pre-Plan Period 10 The Industrial Census of 1920 10 The Census of 1923 11 The Partial Industrial Census of 1925 11 The Census of 1927 12 Data for the Plan Period 13 The Census of 1929 13 The Industrial Registration of 1934 16 Summary 17 3. SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRY ON THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTION 18 Our Estimates 18 Rybnikov's and Gukhman's Estimates 20 Grinevetskii's Estimates 23 Strum jim's Estimates 24 Differences in Estimates 26 Summary 27 4. SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRY IN THE PRE-PLAN PERIOD 29 The "Traditional" Small-Scale Industry 29 Regional Concentration of Small-Scale Industry 31 Ownership of Small-Scale Enterprises 33 VII
Contents PAGE Relative Importance of Small-Scale Industry 84 Summary 37 5. THE ABSORPTION OF SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRY IN THE PLAN PERIOD 40 Administrative Reorganization of Small-Scale Industry 40 Shift from Small- to Large-Scale Industry 44 Absorption of Peasant Home Industry into State Industry 48 Summary 51 6. INDEXES OF SMALL-SCALE PRODUCTION 52 The Data Problem 52 Index of Industrial Materials 53 Soviet Indexes of Small-Scale Production 55 Summary 61 APPENDIX 63 BIBLIOGRAPHY 91 vii'
Tables PAGE 1. Persons Engaged in Large- and Small-Scale Industry, by Industrial Group, 1918 19 2. Gross Value of Output of Large- and Small-Scale Industry, by Industrial Group, 1913 20 3. Comparison of Different Estimates of Persons Engaged in Large- and Small-Scale Industry, 1908, 1912, or 1913 21 4. Comparison of Different Estimates of Gross Value of Output of Large- and Small-Scale Industry, 1908, 1912, or 1913 22 5. Gross Value of Output of Large- and Small-Scale Industry Estimated from Tax Reports, 1900 13 25 6. Comparison of Different Estimates of Percentage Shares of Small-Scale Industry in Employment and Gross Value of Output, Prerevolutionary Year 27 7. Enterprises, Workers, and Gross Value of Output in Russian Large-Scale Manufacturing Accounted for by the Western Provinces, 1908 8. Relative Importance of Small-Scale "Nests" and Large-Scale Enterprises Operating in the Same Industries and Regions, 1928/29 33 9. Percentage Distribution of Persons Engaged in Small-Scale Enterprises, by Type of Ownership, Individual Industries, and 1928/29 ix
Tables PAGE 10. Percentage Share of Persons Engaged and Gross Value of Output Accounted for by Small-Scale Enterprises, Industrial Groups, 1926/27 28/29 36 11. Percentage Distribution of Persons Engaged and Gross Value of Output of Small-Scale Industry Among Industrial Groups, 1926/27 28/29 38 12. Collective Farm Industry in the RSFSR: Number of Enterprises, Employment, and Value of Output, 1933 and 1935 43 13. Persons Engaged in Small-Scale Industry, by Individual Industries, 1927/28 and 1933 45 14. Recruitment of Urban Hired Labor by Source, 1927 31 47 15. Persons Engaged in Large-Scale Sector of Selected Industries, 1927/28 and 1933 47 16. Physical Output of Food and Allied Products, 1928 and 1932 50 17. Production Index for Industrial Materials: Large- and Small- Scale Industry, 1913, 1927/28, and 1933 54 18. Indexes of Output, Persons Engaged, and Output per Person Engaged: Total, Large-Scale, and Small-Scale Industry, 1927/28 and 1933 54 19. Derived Gross Production of Large- and Small-Scale Industry, 1913 50 56 20. Official Soviet Indexes of Gross Production, Large- and Small-Scale Industry, 1913 55 57 21. Percentage Shares of Gross Production in "1926/27" Prices Accounted for by Large- and Small-Scale Industry According to Official Soviet Statistics, 19 13 50 58 22. Comparison of Derived and Published Data on Gross Production of Large-Scale Industry, 1928 37 59 A-i. Persons Engaged in Small-Scale Industry: Soviet Union, Selected Years 64 A-2. Persons Engaged in Large- and Small-Scale Industry in Full- Time Equivalents: Soviet Union, Selected Years 66
Tables PAGE A-S. Value of Output of Large- and Small-Scale Industry: Soviet Union, Selected Years 75 A-4. Basic Data for Production Indexes for Industrial Materials, Large- and Small-Scale Industry: Soviet Union, 1913, 1927/28, and 1933 84 A-5. Output of Additional Small-Scale Industries: Soviet Union, 1913, 1927/28, and 1933 88 A-6. Index for Industrial Materials, Large- and Small-Scale Industry: Soviet Union, 1913, 1927/28, and 1933 89 xl
Charts 1. Percentage Shares of Large- and Small-Scale Industry in Employment and Gross Value of Output, 1913, 1927/28, and 1933 4 2. Indexes of Output and Employment: Total, Large-Scale, and Small-Scale Industry, 1913, 1927/28, and 1933 6 xli