STAT-USA, a long-time standby, one stop shop for information released by government agencies publishing trade and economic information (such as the Census Bureau, Treasury Department, BLS, Federal Reserve, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Commercial Service, Department of State, EIA, etc) will close its virtual doors on September 30, 2010. By August 15, a resources page pointing…
Two free seminars on the 2007 Economic Census and related statistics will be held on August 31, 2010 at the University of Minnesota, Anderson Library. From the Program Description: Andy Hait and Bob Marske from the Census Bureau will introduce you to new information about the American economy. Attendees will gain skills in accessing Economic…
Influenza Activity – Minnesota Department of Health Every year the Minnesota Department of Health publishes an influenza activity report. Today, the H1N1 Epidemiology report was released for 2009-2010. The archive page contains the annual statistical reports from 2003 to the present. Format: mostly PDF, but occasionally Excel Good for: numbers of patients hospitalized for influenza,…
World Bank’s Open Data at data.worldbank.org. In April, the World Bank announced their open data initiative and made all of their data products freely available in a new interface, which includes API access for developers, dramatically increasing the availability and reach of this information. A quick how-to guide to the new site. Overview information of…
Disability and Use of Time (DUST): 2009 Since a fascinating talk by Suzanne Bianchi here at Carleton earlier this spring, there has been a resurgence of interest in time use studies. Some new data from the PSID used time diaries to collect information from older couples about disability, time use, and well being. From the…
Preliminary results from the 2009 Minnesota Health Access Survey show a significant increase in uninsurance in the state. The Minnesota Health Access Survey is a large-scale health insurance survey conducted jointly by the Health Economics Program (of the Minnesota Department of Health) and the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
One more reason you’ll be happier if you remember to look for working papers… As much as I emphasize using the indexes and abstracts of journal literature in the social sciences, it is also important, especially when looking for emerging research, to look at the research being published by the major NGOs, IGOs and think…
Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) Use the LSMS Survey Finder to find individual survey datasets. “The Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) was established by the Development Economics Research Group (DECRG) to explore ways of improving the type and quality of household data collected by statistical offices in developing countries. Its goal is to foster increased use of…
Net Aid Transfers Data Set (1960-2005) A new measure of foreign aid flow Primary Investigator: David Roodman Publishing Organization: Center for Global Development (CDG) Citation: David Roodman, “An Index of Donor Performance,” Working Paper 67, Center for Global Development, August 2005.
The latest Liber8 newsletter focused on the possible economic impacts of a flu pandemic. The following free data sources were mentioned in the report. “Pandemic Flu and the Potential for U.S. Economic Recession: A State-by-State Analysis.” A 96 page report published by the Trust for America’s Health, which presents the results of estimated GDP loss…