Resources

Data Science for Economists — a reading companion for ECON 368, Bates College. Python, data wrangling and applied prediction for economists.

Urban Economics Lab — interactive notes for ECON 348, Bates College.

Economics Statistics — course notes for ECO 250, Bates College.

A directory of major regional and international economics conferences, maintained by Anne M. Burton and Barton Willage.

Alex Eble’s research idea template, part of his wider advice for PhD students.

The Hidden Curriculum Podcast, by Sebastian Tello-Trillo and Alex Hollingsworth — on the things nobody tells graduate students.

U.S. Census, ACS and PUMS. Cross-sectional, 1-year and 5-year. R: tidycensus · Python: tidycensus

Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD). Includes J2J, LODES, PSEO, QWI and VEO. R: lehdr · Python: lehd

Current Population Survey (CPS), BLS. Monthly labor force statistics. R: cpsR, blsAPI, qcewAPI · Python: ipumspy (IPUMS CPS), censusdata

National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), BLS. Panel data across cohorts.

Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). Over 1,800 individuals in 5,000 families.

Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Longitudinal panel of roughly 20,000 people.

Home Ownership Affordability Monitor. Monthly, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Commuting zones and labor-sheds. Economic areas since the 1960s, maintained by Christopher S. Fowler.

Sub-state minimum wages. Economic Policy Institute and UC Berkeley. R: epidata

Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF). Federal Reserve data on household wealth since 1989.

Government finance, Reason Foundation. School district, municipality, county and state level.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation. Living situations and experiences of children and families.

Kishan Narayan maintains a directory of Indian datasets.

xKDR maintains datasets including night lights and the Indian justice system.