[Eril-l] Econometrics sites/databases with downloadable datasets

Tue Apr 28 18:28:45 PDT 2020

A family member who is in the econometrics field also suggested the following resources:

penn world table:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_World_Table

maybe stata resources: https://www.stata.com/links/examples-and-datasets/

and this list: https://libguides.gwu.edu/economicsdatabases

Hope this is helpful.

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 20:39:08 +0000
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With regards to my econometrics sites/databases with downloadable datasets, here?s the complete list of the recommendations:

1. YourEconomy.org: https://wisconsinbdrc.org/youreconomy-org/

2. DemographicsNow

3. ?FRED: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/categories

4. World Development Indicators: https://databank.worldbank.org/reports.aspx?source=world-development-indicators 

5.?International Financial Statistics: https://data.imf.org/?sk=4C514D48-B6BA-49ED-8AB9-52B0C1A0179B&sId=1409151240976

6. Dickinson College?s list of sites: https://libguides.dickinson.edu/economics/data

7. Cost of Living Index from C2ER (requires a subscription): http://coli.org/

Thanks everyone for your helpful responses!
Katherine

Katherine Swart
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From: "Arndt,Theresa" <arndtt at dickinson.edu>
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 2:26 PM
To: Katherine Swart <kswart20 at calvin.edu>, "eril-l at lists.eril-l.org" <eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
Subject: Re: Econometrics sites/databases with downloadable datasets

We don't have a librarian expert here, but our libguide includes sources suggested by some of our Economics faculty.? So maybe there are some sites listed here that can help?

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__libguides.dickinson.edu_economics_data&d=DwMGaQ&c=4rZ6NPIETe-LE5i2KBR4rw&r=Rjk3Yy3MZ9p7_3oNRudHLkYZZcFaZ8YDIF4HHN5z_wg&m=8ElW2FZZLMjlzs8vAKpBlraqL7kDWTruLNTpWybjKxQ&s=S1YKn9saxEYRCNXk-wv6QgYA5EsGuiP3tXYE55fatyk&e=

We also have a relatively new Econometrics major, so if you can summarize suggestions for the listserve, that would be of interest.

Best, Theresa

Theresa Arndt
Assoc. Director for Library Resources & Administration Dickinson College Carlisle, PA 17013 arndtt at dickinson.edu

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?Have you looked at Demographics Now (Gale) that we have available in Michigan as part of MeL? I'm not sure if it meets all the needs, but may be able to cover some.

Leslie

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Subject: [Eril-l] Econometrics sites/databases with downloadable datasets ?
Hi all,
I?m working with an econometrics professor who is looking for ?sites/databases with simple user interfaces to download finance data, cross-country macroeconomic series, US geographic areas with info on income, pollution, etc., and other datasets you might know of that have a good mix of categorical and quantitative variables.?
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She adds, ?The American Community Survey is nice, but it have very few quantitative variables. The [Mintel] marketing dataset that one of my students used last fall was good, except that the data could not be analyzed other than by created cross-tabs.?
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This is outside my area of expertise. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Much appreciated!
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Katherine Swart
Collection Development Librarian
Calvin University | Hekman Library
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