A-Z Datasets List

This page lists various datasets categorised under the following headings : International macroeconomics ; United States / Regional Macroeconomic ; International trade ; Comapnies & Industries ; Development, Inequality & Investment ; Demography & Labor ; Economic History ; Environmental economics ; Financial Data ; Microdata

Note : Some datasets listed on these pages will only be accessible to Berkeley students. You may, however, be able to locate the same data from other sources

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The Eurostat database contains monthly, quarterly, bi-annual or annual data from 1960 onwards, for all EU countries - depending on the variable and country selected. Data is also available for the sub-national areas within the EU countries. Other countries covered include Japan, the United States, the central European countries and other main economic partners of the Union.

Eurostate data are organised into nine main themes :

• General & regional
• Economy & finance
• Population & social conditions
• Industry, trade & services
• Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
• International trade
• Transport
• Environment & energy
• Science & technology

Contains micro datasets for the leading population surveys in the United States. The most important ones are the Current Population Survey and the American Community Survey. These contain survey responses from 40,000 and 300,000 Americans respectively on questions relating to income, schooling, education, family decomposition, unemployment, health status and insurance. Data is easy to collect using menus and starts as early as 1850.

Note : You will need to create a free account using your Cambridge University e-mail and agree to the terms & conditions (e.g. you will not use the data for commercial purposes) before you can download data. It may take a day for accounts to be approved

Primary source of macroeconomic data for OECD countries. Browsable by topic (Agriculture / Development / Economy / Education / Energy / Environment / Finance / Government / Health / Innovation / Jobs / Society) and by country

Provides links to various high quality datasets dealing with trade, finance, development and specific countries.

Note : Some datasets listed on this pages will only be accessible to students at Oxford University. You may, however, be able to locate the same data from other sources.

Beginning in 1968 the PSID is the longest running longitudinal household survey in the world. The study is directed by the University of Michigan and is based on a representative sample of American individuals collecting data covering employment, income, wealth, expenditures, health, marriage, childbearing, education and many other topics.

It is designed to fulfill the need for a better understanding of the determinants of family income over time. It can be used for cross-sectional, longitudinal, and intergenerational analysis and for studying individuals and families.

Excellent web page with links to data on a wide range of possible dissertation subjects. Examples include micro data on consumer expenditure, daily inflation indices, surveys on medical expenditure, indices on subjects like economic freedom and country risk.

Note : Some datasets listed on this pages will only be accessible to Princeton University students. You may, however, be able to locate the same data from other sources.

This is a longitudinal U.S Government survey of the financial status of American households with data available from 1984 onwards. It covers government transfer and service programs, pensions, housing affordability, home ownership, housing costs (primarily mortgages) financial assistance for education and a variety of other topics.

It is considered to be the most comprehensive survey for measuring household wealth by race and ethnicity.

Data from SIPP may also be accessed via the ICPSR

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) makes the SIPP data and documentation available along with Stata programs with which to read and analyze it.

UN Comtrade contains detailed imports and exports statistics reported by statistical authorities of nearly 200 countries or areas. It concerns annual trade data from 1962 to the most recent year. It is considered the most comprehensive trade database available with more than 1 billion records. The database is continuously updated. Whenever trade data are received from the national authorities, they are standardized by the UN Statistics Division and then added to UN Comtrade.

The Marshall Library pays for PREMIUM ACCESS which facilitates personalization, bulk downloads of data and special professional assistance

WRDS provides the user with one location to access over 250 terabytes of data across mulitiple disciplines including accounting, banking, economics, finance and statistics. It provides access to Capital IQ Capital Structure, Capital IQ Key Developments, Capital IQ People Intelligence, Capital IQ Transactions, Capital IQ Transcripts, S&P Compustat Executive Compensation, S&P Compustat Global and Compustat Global daily updates.

Using a standard query structure - for example company name, dates of interest, financial parameters - students can create customised reports. These can then be stored, revisited and exported.

The Marshall Librarian can authorise  accounts for students on MPhil & Undergraduate courses. Simply complete the WRDS Registration Form.