Below are some great places to find datasets to experiment with. Try your hand at recreating a classic or interesting paper, or test a hypothesis of your own! Don’t forget to always cite your sources.
Macroeconomic Data
- World Bank Database
- IMF Database
- Penn World Tables — widely used for studies using national income, national wealth, etc.
- CBO Database
- FRED Data (Federal Reserve)
- National Association of Realtors Housing Datasets
- PSID: National Study of Socioeconomics and Health
- AEA’s macro data collection
Development
- World Bank Microdata
- Asia Development Bank
- ADB Developing Country Statistics Contacts
- UN Statistics Division
Labor
Education
- American College Catalog Study Database
- College Scorecard
- Trends in Mathematics and Science Study
- University of Chicago Consortium on School Research