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…
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…
undata Back in February, the UN Statistics Division released their beta system for providing a single entry point for UN data. This new system replaces the UN Common Databse (UNCDB), with which many readers will be familiar. Undata allows you to search for data by keyword as well as browse by category. It is regularly…
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…
ICPSR has announced the beta launch of its Online Learning Center (OLC). The press release is reproduced below. If you would like to learn more about this, contact Paula or me. ————————– ICPSR is pleased to announce the beta launch of the Online Learning Center (OLC). The site is located at: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/OLC/ and can be…
CPANDA, the Cultural Policy & the Arts National Data Archive Search and download policy-relevant data on the arts and cultural policy in the U.S. from this archive at Princeton. CPANDA also includes a “searchable bibliographic database of selected monographs, serials, reports, papers, proceedings, articles and books (1965 to first quarter 2007) relevant to arts and…
statehealthfacts.org from the Kaiser Family Foundation This web site provides a remarkably quick and easy way to find and compare health and health care statistics and data on a U.S. state level. Over 500 topics are represented, many of which are from freely available public sources, but some private sources are included such as original…
International Data Resource Center (IDRC) New from ICPSR, this special archive “acts as a clearinghouse for international data housed at ICPSR.” The site makes it easier to find ICPSR data of interest to internationalists. Browse by subject, data series, or geography. Of special interest on this site is the Instructional Resources section, which links sample…