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Data links for development research, methods and Stata, and literature This list contains links to micro and macro-level data, mainly related
to economics, as well as some general interest links for data and methods.
This list is still growing; let me know if you have any additions or
comments. There are special pages for data on China and Germany. Micro-level data International Household Survey
Network (IHSN) http://www.internationalsurveynetwork.org/ ·
Huge catalog of data from household surveys and censuses, mainly for
developing countries ·
Provides basic information on the surveys as well as links and contact
information Keeping Track by the UK Office of
National Statistics and ISER http://iserwww.essex.ac.uk/ulsc/keeptrack/index.php
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Large catalog of longitudinal data, with basic search functions and
contact information ·
Industrialized and developing country sources Bureau for Research and Economic
Analysis of Development (BREAD) http://chd.ucla.edu/dev_data/index.html ·
Large collection of links to household surveys ·
Some links to firm-level, macro data and national statistical offices ·
Also has cutting-edge working papers on development economics topics Demographic and Health Surveys
(DHS) http://www.measuredhs.com/ ·
Probably the best source for demographic and health data; comparable
surveys for some 70 countries. Very good coverage for Africa ·
Survey data on request; summary statistics and good documentation
openly accessible on website ·
Some countries have specialized surveys on HIV, gender etc. Some newer
ones also have GIS coordinates Multi Indicator Cluster Surveys
(MICS) by UNICEF http://www.childinfo.org/ ·
Questionnaires similar to DHS but a better resource for child labor
and AIDS ·
Need to register to get access to datasets World Bank Living Standards Measurement
Study Household Surveys (LSMS) http://www.worldbank.org/html/prdph/lsms/lsmshome.html ·
Some of the best-known surveys on this topic (along with DHS) ·
Also has some tools for using household data RAND Family Life Surveys http://www.rand.org/labor/FLS/ ·
In-depth surveys on Malasia, Indonesia,
Guatemala and Matlab (a region in Bangladesh) ·
Also holds other household, firm and national economic surveys for
Indonesia World Bank Research Datasets -
Poverty http://econ.worldbank.org/resource.php?type=18&topic=19 ·
Lists a variety of datasets available at the World Bank ·
Often these data have been used for studies at the Bank – check for
papers before using it International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI) http://www.ifpri.org/data/dataset.htm ·
Mainly household and community-level surveys related to food security
and production ·
Also has some institutional data, social accounting matrixes and
geospatial data ·
Need to request data through an online form World Bank Africa Household Survey
Databank http://www4.worldbank.org/afr/poverty/databank/default.cfm ·
Features a ‘survey navigator’ for finding data Sources of Quantitative Data in Development
Economics (by Pamela Jakiela at UC Berkeley) http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~jakiela/data_sources.html ·
List of data sources, including some on Mexican health and aging, and
migration in Latin America Various health datasets (maintained
by John Kane at Oswego State University of New York http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/hea-data.htm ·
Mainly US data on health-related issues Kaiser Family Foundation list of
data sources http://www.kaiseredu.org/research.asp?id=268 ·
Excellent list of datasets (mainly US) ·
Categories include public health, health care financing and delivery,
state level data, and related sources Not-only-economic data UCLA Data Archives Home http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/issr/da/ ·
Holds some older surveys, often US political polls, election studies
and attitude data World Bank Institute - Governance http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance/datainteractive.html ·
Data on voice, accountability, government effectiveness, regulatory
quality, rule of law and corruption. International Peace Research
Institute of Oslo (PRIO) http://www.prio.no/ ·
Conflict databases (on armed conflicts, and battle deaths) Macro-level data World Bank PovcalNet
http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp ·
Interactive tool to calculate your own poverty lines and compare them
across countries World Bank Health, Nutrition and
Population Statistic Database (HNPStats) http://devdata.worldbank.org/hnpstats/ ·
A variety of such indicators on most countries ·
Also features a data query system if you want to select your own
comparison countries and time periods Global Development Finance (GDF
Online) http://lib.harvard.edu/e-resources/details/g/gdfonlin.html ·
Debt and financial flow data of the World Bank ·
Link is to access point for Harvard affiliates United Nations Commodity
Statistics Database (COMTRADE) http://lib.harvard.edu/e-resources/details/c/comtrade.html ·
Provides commodity trade data for all available countries and areas
since 1962 ·
Link is to access point for Harvard affiliates United Nations Common Database
(UNCDB) http://lib.harvard.edu/e-resources/details/u/uncommdb.html ·
UN's statistical database with more
than 300 statistical series from UN and other International Organizations ·
Link is to access point for Harvard affiliates World Development Indicators (WDI
Online) http://lib.harvard.edu/e-resources/details/w/wdionlin.html ·
Most commonly used cross-country indicators ·
Link is to access point for Harvard affiliates ·
Useful variable definitions at the University of Michigan: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/wdi/wdivar/wdivar1.html Other sources Inter-University Consortium for
Political and Social Research http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ ·
“The world’s largest archive of digital social science data” at the
University of Michigan ·
Some datasets available for downloading but great in general to find
surveys DPLS Internet Crossroads http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/newcrossroads/index.asp ·
Data depository at the University of Wisconsin Madison ·
Long and uncategorized list of links includes statistical offices of
several smaller countries and organizations US Department of Labor – Bureau of
Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/bls/other.htm ·
Principal U.S. federal statistical agencies and international
statistical agencies HU-MIT Virtual Data Centre System http://vdc.hmdc.harvard.edu/VDC/index.jsp ·
Great source for social sciences (including and beyond economics),
keyword searchable ·
Holds the World Value Surveys, among other things ·
Need to login in top-right corner with Harvard ID Methods Research Methods Knowledge Base
(by William Trochim at Cornell) http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/ ·
Introduction and methods for field surveys Stata tutorials and help ·
‘Resources to help you learn Stata at UCLA http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ ·
Excellent Stata tutorial which also shows how to translate econometrics into Stata commands (at University of North
Carolina Population Center) http://www.cpc.unc.edu/services/computer/presentations/statatutorial ·
http://repec.org/ has a search engine for Stata ado files Literature and working papers Research Papers in Economics (RePEC) http://repec.org/ ·
Several search engines for economics journal and working papers ·
Also has a list for Stata ado files Roubini Global Economics Service Monitor http://www.rgemonitor.com/ ·
Blogs, top readings and Roubini writings on a number of countries and issues Last updated December 10, 2006 |