ECON 4848
Fall 2009:
A guide for the empirical project: guide
Homework Sets: homework 1, homework 2, homework 3, homework 4, homework 5
All data sets used in your textbook can be obtained from the book website. First login (or create an account) to Cengage Learning at http://login.cengage.com/sso/ and go to the book website.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: During the week of 9/21 my office hours will be held 9/24 from 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM. There will be no office hours on Monday.
Data Sets: hprice1.dta, affairs.raw, affairs.des, gpa3.dta, sleep75.raw, sleep75.des, crime1.raw, crime1.des, meap00_01.raw, MEAP00_001.des, mlb1.dta, gpa2.dta, meap00_01.dta
As you start the process of thinking of an economic issue/question that interests you and can be studied using data and the regression models we are discussing in class, it may be of interest to look at a number of sources of economic data. Below I list several URLs that contain a variety of data.
1. http://www.aeaweb.org/RFE/showCat.php?cat_id=2 (American Economic Association)
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2.http://www.bls.gov/ (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
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3.http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/ (Federal Reserve bank of Saint Louis)
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4.http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/releases/statisticsdata.htm (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve)
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5.http://www.nber.org (National Bureau of Economic Research)
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8.http://www.census.gov/sipp/ (US Census Bureau)
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9.http://psidonline.isr.umich.edu/ (University of Michigan)
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10. http://bea.doc.gov/ (bureau of Economic Analysis)
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11. http://www.imfstatistics.org/imf/ (International Monetary Fund)
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12. http://econ.worldbank.org (The World Bank)
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13. http://www.ifpri.org/datasets (International Food Policy Research Institute)
Stata codes: hw1qa.do, hw1qb.do, wage102.do, wage1008.do, wage1008-2.do, c63.do, c612.do, c72.do, example82.do, c812.do
Handouts and notes: econometrics, SH1, SH2, SH3, SH4, SH5, SH6
Important information. 1. There will be no make-up examinations; 2. There is a 40 percent grade reduction for any homework set that is turned in late; 3. There is a 40 percent grade reduction for an Empirical project that is turned in late.
Links related to Stata.
Besides all the work we do in class with Stata and the Stata Handouts available on this webpage you will benefit from exploring the following websites: