Learning to Work with Data
Learning to work with data is an important part of any economics student's undergraduate experience. Two of the hardest things when working with data are knowing how to conduct econometric analysis, and actually finding the data that you need! Here, we offer resources for both!
Data sources
*note that some of these sites have more than just data!
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Data.gov – Web page with datasets generated by the executive branch of the federal government.
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Bea.gov – Bureau of Economic Analysis, an official source for U.S. national income accounts.
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Census.gov – United States Census Bureau, a government website that provides quality data and historical statistics about the nation’s people and economy.
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Bls.gov – Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Eia.gov – Energy Information Administration.
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Gallup.com – Gallup Report.
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Nber.org/cycles/main.html – Information of business cycle of expansions and contractions determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
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Research.stlouisfed.org/fred2 – Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED II), a database of over 3,000 U.S. economic time series.
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Aeaweb.org/RFE – Bill Goffe’s “Resources for Economists on the Internet.”
Resources for Econometrics
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Introduction to Probability - Online learning resources offered by MIT on edx
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TRUE Econometrics - Provided by the Economics Network, includes lectures and courses, student handouts, and more centered on econometrics
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Econometrics Free Library Project - Offers free and open access econometrics textbooks online