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…
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…
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 CIAO database (Carleton only link), as of fall 2007, contains selected data and information from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a respected and highly cited source in political economy. EUI country information now in CIAO Detailed country maps Basic information and data for 201 countries Political and economic structures and backgrounds (coming in October)…
Global Development Finance is a two-volume annual report from the World Bank. The first volume, usually titled “Analysis and Statistical Appendix” is available online from the World Bank web site, free for anyone to read. The second volume, “Summary and Country Tables” contains country data in time series back to 1970. The Carleton library subscribes…
Local data (i.e. state-level or county-level) can be found from the national source, in this case the BEA, or from a local demographer’s office. Local Source County Level Income Data for Minnesota, 2005 The state demographer’s office of Minnesota prepares and publishes reports and data subsets like this one for the state of Minnesota. When…
Historical issues of the Statistical Abstract Relating to British India covering the years 1840 to 1920 have been digitized as part of the Digital South Asia Library, which contains maps, images, bibliographies, reference sources and books and journals. Good for: historical statistics on population, debt, trade, transport and infrastructure, troops deployed, health and education for…