Public Data
| DATABASES | DESCRIPTION | LINKS |
|---|---|---|
| American Time-Use Survey (ATUS) | The ATUS is a time-diary data set collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a detailed accounting of all activities during a 24-hour diary day for a nationally representative sample of people. | LINK |
| AtlasPlus | CDC National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention | LINK |
| Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) | Beta Suite is a powerful web-based tool allowing researchers to calculate stocks’ loading on various risk factors in a timely way. The tool is designed with flexibility in mind, capable of handling monthly, weekly, and daily rolling regression on a common set of market risk factors. | |
| Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) | Medical Expenditure Panel Survey | LINK |
| Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) | LINK | |
| Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) | Official macroeconomic and industry statistics | LINK |
| CDC | Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey | LINK |
| Current Population Survey (CPS) | A monthly survey collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau. It is best known as a source of monthly labor force statistics (the unemployment rate, etc.), but it contains other information as well. These data are primarily public-use, but some research may require approval to use a Federal data center. | LINK |
| COVID-19 Data Repository | The COVID-19 data repository of the JHU Center for Systems Science and Engineering | LINK |
| Economic Freedom of North America (EFNA); Economic Freedom of the Brazilian States | Economic Freedom of North America employs 10 variables for the 92 provincial/state governments in Canada, the United States, and Mexico in three areas: 1. Government Spending; 2. Taxes; and 3. Labor Market Freedom. | LINK |
| Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) | An annual survey published by the Canadian Think Tank Fraser Institute. | LINK |
| Global Innovation Index (GII) | Ranking the world’s countries and economies through innovational measures, environments, and outputs. | LINK |
| Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) | Entrepreneurship study journal | LINK |
| Global Populism Dataset | Global Populism Database measures the level of populist discourse in the speeches of 215 chief executives (presidents and prime ministers) from 66 countries across all continents. The dataset covers 279 government terms and includes more than 1,000 speeches, mostly between 2000 and 2018. | LINK |
| Groningen Growth & Development Center 10-Sector Database | The GGDC 10-Sector Database provides a long-run internationally comparable dataset on sectoral productivity performance in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Variables covered in the data set are the annual series of value-added, output deflators, and persons employed for 10 broad sectors. | LINK |
| IPUMS | IPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. IPUMS integration and documentation make it easy to study change, conduct comparative research, merge information across data types, and analyze individuals within family and community contexts. Data and services are available free of charge. | LINK |
| Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems (IPEDS) | Information on U.S. colleges, universities, and technical and vocational institutions | |
| ICPSR Institute for Social Research | ICPSR advances and expands social and behavioral research, acting as a global leader in data stewardship and providing rich data resources and responsive educational opportunities for present and future generations. | LINK |
| Metropolitan Area Economic Freedom Index (MEFI) | The MEFI is a county-based concept intended to capture the boundaries of the local economy. | LINK |
| PatentView | A visualization, data dissemination, and analysis platform that focuses on intellectual property (IP) data. | LINK |
| Penn World Tables | The definitive source for real national accounts data | LINK |
| Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) | The QCEW is collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics with the cooperation of the states. It provides basic information (employment, industry, and total payroll) on a near universe of establishments in the U.S. on a quarterly basis. A good amount of aggregated data from the QCEW is publicly available, but most projects using it as the primary dataset will eventually require approval to physically access a federal data center. | LINK |
| Regime Type & Regime Change Dataset | Dataset on democracy, coups, and political institutions | |
| Small Business Innovation Research database (SBIR) | Small Business Innovation | LINK |
| Thompson Reuter Venture Xpert | Thomson VentureXpert is the single source for comprehensive information covering venture, buyouts, funds, private equity, firms, executives, portfolio companies, and limited partners. Through an intuitive interface, VentureXpert provides you with the tools you need to efficiently raise capital, invest it wisely, and exit from investments profitably. | LINK |
| US Jockey Club | The Jockey Club companies provide the industry with a wide range of products and services. Profits from the commercial entities enable The Jockey Club to provide financial support to important industry initiatives to improve the safety of the athletes and the integrity of the game and to establish a firm foundation to grow the sport. | LINK |
| Varieties of Democracy Database (VDEM) | A database about conceptualizing and measuring democracy | LINK |
| World Bank Development Indicators (WDI) | The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available and includes national, regional, and global estimates. | LINK |
| World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBSE) | The Enterprise Surveys are conducted by the World Bank and its partners across all geographic regions and cover small, medium, and large companies. | LINK |