The late nineteenth century saw the multiplication of statistical studies on Jewish populations. This literature is now known as “Jewish Statistics” or “Jewish Social Science” (JSS). This article focuses on the articles published in Zeitschrift für Demographie und Statistik der Juden (Journal for Demography and Statistics of the Jews, ZDSJ). The ZDSJ was the main journal in JSS and appeared from 1905 until 1931.Existing scholarship on JSS has either focused on the influence of Zionism (Hart 2000) or eugenics and race theory (Efron 1994). This article proposes to relate JSS to the history of economics and statistics. As is suggested by the intellectual profile of the main contributors to the ZDSJ, we argue that JSS was a by-product of the German historical school in economics. Though JSS was intended for a mostly Jewish audience, its organization and methods were clearly inspired by those of German economists.

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20 世纪初的犹太社会科学与犹太统计分析

十九世纪后期，对犹太人口的统计研究成倍增加。该文献现在被称为“犹太统计”或“犹太社会科学”（JSS）。本文重点介绍发表于Zeitschrift für Demographie und Statistik der Juden（犹太人人口统计杂志，ZDSJ）. 这ZDSJ是 JSS 的主要期刊，从 1905 年到 1931 年出现。现有的 JSS 学术研究要么集中于犹太复国主义的影响（Hart 2000），要么关注优生学和种族理论（Efron 1994）。本文建议将 JSS 与经济学和统计学的历史联系起来。正如主要贡献者的知识概况所暗示的那样ZDSJ，我们认为 JSS 是德国历史经济学派的副产品。尽管 JSS 主要面向犹太人，但其组织和方法显然受到了德国经济学家的启发。