Research Guides: ECON 031: Intro to Econometrics (SC): Home

Topic Ideas

Our World in Data
Data visualizations and analysis on a broad range of topics including health, demographics, living conditions, and economic development. Allows you to trace changes over time and make comparisons across countries. Data sources include international institutions (e.g. OECD, UN) and research articles.

Explore statistics and data sources by topic:

PolicyMap
Explore statistics by topic across a wide range of geographic levels from national (US) to local areas (e.g. cities, school districts, Census tracts). Can help you identify relevant data sources and datasets.
Statista: The Leading Statistics Portal
Explore statistics and visualizations related to a wide range of topics. Pay attention to the actual data sources, which include governments, market research, surveys, and more. Global scope.

Provide data formatted for analysis in Stata:

ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) Data Archive
ICPSR is one of the largest repositories of datasets for social science research. To download members-only datasets, choose Access Through Your Institution and connect through Swarthmore Single Sign-On.
Roper Center Public Opinion Archives (iPOLL)
Find results from US public opinion surveys (1935-present), as well as from 120+ countries. Use this database to find polls from Gallup, Pew, and more.

Data search:

Google Dataset Search
Search by keyword to find datasets included in open data repositories. Data quality and formats will vary.

EconLit
Searching EconLit can help you find economics research on a topic. You might use research to understand your topic better, find relevant datasets, or get ideas for how to approach your topic empirically.