HISCO

The Historical International Standard of Classification of Occupations or HISCO is a theoretical model used to code social class and occupational status.{{cite journal|author1=Leeuwen, M.H.D. |author2=Maas, I | title=Historical Studies of Social Mobility and Stratification|journal=Annual Review of Sociology|year=2010|volume=36|pages=429–451|doi=10.1146/annurev.soc.012809.102635|url=https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/14664464/2010-LeeuwenMHDv-Historical.pdf }} Formulated in 2002,{{cite book |last1=Leeuwen |first1=Marco H. D. van |last2=Maas |first2=Ineke |last3=Miles |first3=Andrew |title=HISCO: Historical international standard classification of occupations |date=2002 |publisher=Leuven University Press |location=Leuven |isbn=9789058671967 |pages=441 |url=https://archive.org/details/hiscohistoricali0000leeu |access-date=2024-09-01}} the model complements the ILO's ISCO68 scheme, as it prescribes a universal code system for examining occupation descriptions.{{cite journal |last1=Van Leeuwen |first1=Marco H. D. |last2=Maas |first2=Ineke |last3=Miles |first3=Andrew |title=Creating a Historical International Standard Classification of Occupations An Exercise in Multinational Interdisciplinary Cooperation |journal=Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History |date=2004-09-01 |volume=37 |issue=4 |pages=186-197 |doi=10.3200/HMTS.37.4.186-197}} The book received a positive review in the Journal of Social History.{{cite journal |last1=Kaelble |first1=Hartmut |title=HISCO |journal=Journal of Social History |date=2004-10-01 |volume=38 |issue=1 |pages=226 |doi=10.1353/jsh.2004.0091 }}