Research and Course Guides: *Economics Research Guide: ECON 315 Econometrics

Econometrics Data Sources

IPUMS This link opens in a new window
Provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space (including from the U.S. Census and American Community Survey, see IPUMS-USA). Users can create and download a custom dataset once they have created a free IPUMS account.
Users must create a free IPUMS account for full functionality (dataset download, etc.)
ICPSR This link opens in a new window
Datasets from the social and behavioral sciences and specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields. Register for a (free, required) Researcher Passport account using your St. Thomas email address (and independent password) to download data sets. Click on "More Info" below for guidance.
To create a Researcher Passport account:
Click the Log In button at upper right, then select the "Sign in with email" option (NOT the blue "Access through your institution" button), then "Set up a new account."

Email Account Validation:
Typically, ICPSR will automatically recognize your institution and validate your account. If you're trying to download data and receive an unexpected alert that you're not from a member institution, even though you are, your account may need to be validated. To request a validation, send an email to icpsr-help@umich.edu.
General Social Survey (GSS) This link opens in a new window
The GSS is a nationally representative survey of adults in the United States conducted since 1972. It contains a standard 'core' of demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest. Explore, analyze, extract, and share custom sets of data using the GSS Data Explorer.
NOTE: Users must create a free GSS account for full functionality (dataset download, etc.)
Help/guidance:

Panel Study of Income Dynamics
The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) is the longest running longitudinal household survey in the world.

The study began in 1968 with a nationally representative sample of over 18,000 individuals living in 5,000 families in the United States. Information on these individuals and their descendants has been collected continuously, including data covering employment, income, wealth, expenditures, health, marriage, childbearing, child development, philanthropy, education, and numerous other topics. Over 7,600 peer-reviewed publications have been based on the PSID.

Searching for Economics Research Articles

EconLit This link opens in a new window
Economics journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, working papers, and dissertations.
EconLit user guide
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Search across a wide range of academic literature indexed by Google. Use this link to get full-text access to articles available through the library via “GET IT@UST Libraries” links in search results.
Consensus This link opens in a new window
An academic search engine, powered by AI, but grounded in scientific research. It attempts to surface the most relevant papers using topic-level and paper-level insights. Everything is connected to real research papers.
Elicit This link opens in a new window
Elicit is an AI tool to find 'seed articles' and to mine for keywords/subject headings. Elicit can find relevant papers without perfect keyword match, summarize takeaways from the paper specific to your question, and extract key information from the papers.