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Resources

This list of resources is by no means a complete compendium of all economics resources available on Internet, but is designed to give you a flavor of resources available on the web. To some extent, this list reflects the interests of the economics faculty and students at William & Mary. As with any page of this nature, this is a work in progress.

[Local Links]
[General Economics Sites]
[Bibliographic Sources]
[Data Sources]
[Funding Sources]
[Research Institutes, Think Tanks, and Policy Research Companies]
[Central Banks and Commissions]
[Directories]
[Associations]
[Statistical Software]

Local Links

• William & Mary
  • Public Policy Program
  • Business School
  • Reves Center for International Studies
  • Charles Center
• Near Williamsburg (within 3 hours drive)
  • American University
  • Seminar Schedules
  • Economic Researchers, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
  • Seminar Schedule
  • Economics Department, Georgetown University
  • Seminar Schedules
  • Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University
  • Economics Department, George Washington University
  • Seminar Schedules
  • Economics Department, Old Dominion University
  • Economics Department, University of Maryland
  • Seminar Schedules
  • Economics Department, University of Virginia
  • Seminar Schedule (two weeks)
  • Economics Department, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Seminar Schedule

General Economics Sites

There are two very extensive sites devoted to economics resources on the web:

• Resources for Economists, maintained by Bill Goffe at Washington University in St. Louis
• WebEc, maintained by Lauri Saarinen at the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration

These two sites comprise the WWW Virtual Library in Economics. Most or all of the links on this page can be found in one of these two sites.

Other general economics sites:

• Economics at Google
• Economics at about.com
• Economics at www.academicinfo.net
• Economics from the Social Science Information Gateway
• Economic History Services, a comprehensive site with many about economic history resources
• www.economy.com
• www.econlinks.com
• www.inomics.com
• Economics Meta-Search from University of Vienna (Austria)
• Internet Resources for Economists from University of Oswego (NY)
• EconLinks from North Carolina Agicultural and Technical State University

 

Bibliographic Sources

These links are a good place to start doing research. Please note that some resources may be available only from IP addresses within the W&M domain, or off-campus through the W&M proxy server. Many economics departments and research institutes now put working papers on the web. This list is a very small sampling of those places. Please check the general databases (e.g. Research Papers in Economics) for a much more comprehensive list of working papers. Alternatively, consult EDIRC to find web sites of departments and research institutes.

• LION, the catalog at Swem Library
• Business and Economics Databases from Swem Library
• EconLit, a comprehensive database of published economics articles (W&M only)
• JSTOR (W&M only)

• Research Papers in Economics, the largest online collection of economics papers in the world
• Econ Papers, provides access to the RePEc data base.
• Economics Research Network, part of the Social Science Research Network
• Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research (Cambridge, MA)
• Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research (London)
• Economics Studies Papers, Brookings Institution (Washington, DC)
• Working Papers, Center for Labor Economics, University of California, Berkeley
• Working Papers, Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University
• Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (London)
• Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (Bonn, Germany)
• Working Papers, Organization for Economic Co-operatoin and Development (OECD) (Paris)
• What's New at the Urban Institute
(Washington, DC)
• Research Papers, World Bank
(Washington, DC)

 

Data Sources

Many of these sites contain freely downloadable data. Some may be accessible only from the W&M domain, and others may require fees for accessing data. Sources are divided into "macro-" and "micro-" data, which refers primarily to the level of aggregation of the data. "Micro" data will have information on individuals or firms, while "macro" data will usually be aggregated at some level.

• General
  • Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) from University of Michigan
  • Statistical Resources on the Web from the University of Michigan
  • Data on the Net from the University of California at San Diego
  • FedStats.gov, statistics from over 70 U.S. Federal Agencies
  • Business and Economics Data Links from the American Statistical Association
  • Statistical Agencies from EDIRC
  • Statistical Agencies around the Globe from econfinance.com
• U.S. Macrodata
  • Statistical Tables from the current Economic Report of the President
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States from the U.S. Bureau of the Census
  • National Income and Product Accounts from the Bureau of Economic Analysis
  • Employment, Prices, Consumer Expenditures, Compensation, and Productivity from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Federal Budget and Economic Projections from the Congressional Budget Office
  • Economic Statistics Briefing Room from the White House
  • FRED, an economics time series database, from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
  • Current and Historical Data from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
  • Business Cycle Dates from the National Bureau of Economic Research
  • Macrohistory Database from the National Bureau of Economic Research
  • United States Historical Census Data Browser at the University of Virginia
  • Current and Historical Energy Statistics from the U.S. Department of Energy
  • EDGAR database on filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Economic and Financial Time Series from economagic.com
  • Economic and Financial Time Series from freelunch.com
• World Macrodata
  • Statistics Portal and Other Statistics at the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
  • Statistics Division at the United Nations
  • World Development Indicators from the World Bank
  • Penn World Tables from University of Pennsylvania
  • International Trade Statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau
  • Global Business Cycle Indicators from the Conference Board
  • World Fact Book from the Central Intelligence Agency
• U.S. Microdata, Cross-Sectional
  • Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (U.S. Census data from 1850-1990), from University of Minnesota
  • Current Population Survey (CPS), from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Current Population Survey (CPS) microdata and web-based tables from Unicon, Inc.
  • Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) from U.S. Bureau of the Census
  • Survey of Consumer Finances from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
  • Data Ferret at U.S. Census Bureau (CPS, SIPP, and others)
  • General Social Survey from the NORCat the University of Chicgao
  • Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT) from the National Science Foundation
• U.S. Microdata, Panel
  • National Longitudinal Surveys (Youth-97, Youth-79, and others) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) from Institute of Social Research at University of Michigan
  • Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) from Institute of Social Research at University of Michigan
• World Microdata
  • Bangladesh: Matlab Health and Socio-Economic Survey from RAND
  • China: Health and Nutrition Survey from the Carolina Population Center
  • Developing Countries: Living Standards Measurement Study from the World Bank
  • Developing Countries: Demographic and Health Surveys
  • Europe and North America: Project on Population Aging from the United Nations Economic Comission for Europe (UNCE)
  • Germany: Socio-Economic Panel from the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)
  • Indonesia: Indonesia Family Life Survey from RAND
  • Malaysia: Malaysian Family Life Survey from RAND
  • Russia: Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey from the Carolina Population Center
  • UK: British Household Panel Survey from the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex
  • World: Luxembourg Income Study
  • World: World Fertility Surveys from the University of Wisconsin

 

Central Banks and Commissions

• Federal Reserve Board of Governors
• Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
• Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
• Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
• Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
• Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
• Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
• Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• European Union
• European Central Bank
• Directory of Central Banks from the Bank for International Settlements

 

Funding Sources

• Economics at National Science Foundation
• Demographic and Behavioral Sciences at National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• National Institute on Aging
• Spencer Foundation

 

Research Institutes, Think Tanks, and Policy Research Companies

• National Bureau of Economic Research (Cambridge, MA)
• Centre for Economic Policy Research (London, England)
• American Enterprise Institute (Washington, DC)
• Brookings Institution (Washington, DC)
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, DC)
• German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) (Berlin, Germany)
• Economic Policy Institute (Washington, DC)
• School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, NJ)
• Institute for Fiscal Studies (London, England)
• Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (Bonn, Germany)
• Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) (New York, NY)
• Mathematica Policy Research (Princeton, NJ and Washington, DC)
• Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) (San Francisco, CA)
• RAND Corporation (Santa Monica, CA)
• Resources for the Future (Washington, DC)
• Russell Sage Foundation (New York, NY)
• Santa Fe Institute (Santa Fe, NM)
• W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (Kalamazoo, MI)
• Urban Institute (Washington, DC)

 

Directories

• William & Mary
• Economics Departments and Research Centers (EDIRC)
• Economics Associations and Societies from EDIRC
• HopEc, search for economists and their papers
• American Economic Association
• National Bureau of Economic Research
• Centre for Economic Policy Research (London)
• American Statistical Association
• Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
• Cliometric Society
• Population Association of America
• Who is Who in Labor Economics from the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

 

Associations

• American Economic Association
• Econometric Society
• American Statistical Association
• Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
• Business History Association Conference
• Cliometric Society
• Economic History Association
• European Association of Labor Economists
• European Economic Association
• European Society for Population Economics
• History of Economics Society
• National Tax Association
• Population Association of America
• Society of Labor Economists
• Western Economic Association

 

Statistical Software

• Gauss
• LIMDEP
• SAS
  • Tutorials (free!) from the SAS Institute
  • SAS Information Guides from the University of York in Canada
  • Information on SAS from the University of Wisconsin
• S+
• Stata
  • FAQ from Stata Corp.
  • Stata Tutorial by Bo Honoré at Princeton University
  • Stata Programs from IDEAS
• TSP