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Guide to NBER Internal Data


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aef Annual Earnings File of the CPS (old version of morg)
antidump U.S. Antidumping Database and Links
arf Area Resource File (county level medical data)
asg Annual Survey of Governments Finance Data
births Birth Data -- lbid, natality, perinatal, cpp
census/1960data 1960 Census One-in-One Hundred Sample
census/1970data 1970 Census summary tape file 4a
census/1980data 1980 Census summary tape file 3a
stf3f 1980 Census summary tape file 3f
census/1990data misc. 1990 Census files
census-STF3B/STF3B 1990 Census summary tape file 3b
census.govs/1962 1962 Census of Governments
census.govs/1967 1967 Census of Governments
census.govs/1972 1972 Census of Governments
census.govs/1977 1977 Census of Governments
census.govs/1982 1982 Census of Governments
census.govs/1987 1987 Census of Governments
ces_cbo 1980:1-on Consumer Expenditure Survey
cmf_old Compessed Mortality File (U.S. 1968-88 older tape version)
cmf Compessed Mortality File (U.S. 1968-88 May 2000 CD version)
cpe_census U.S. Federal Census Records, 1850, 1860, 1900, 1910 (see ei)
cpp Collaborative Perinatal Project
cps_index Guide to Current Population Survey data at the NBER
cps Current Population Survey Supplements 1962 on
cps-basic Current Population Survey Basic Monthly Data 1976 on
cps-may Current Population Survey May Uniform Extracts
cwhs Continuous Work History Survey
deaths Death Data -- lbid, mortality, perinatal
ei Early Indicators Data -- milpen, surgcerts, cpe-census
exempt-orgs IRS form 990 data.
feenstra/export Robert Feenstra's U.S. Export Data
flow_of_funds Flow of Funds
fog ICMA's (International City/County Management Association) Form of Government Data 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996
geolytics Geolytics' Census Time Series Research
giving Giving and Volunteering in the United States
gould Gould Sample, Older Age Mortality
hcris Healthcare Cost Report Information System (HCRIS)
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database (HCUP NIS)
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient Database (HCUP SID)
indonesia BPS Statistics Indonesia Supas, Pones, and Susenas, various years
IPUMS-98 The University of Minnesota uniform PUMS. For online data extraction see http://www.ipums.org.
irs/panel University of Michigan Tax Panel
irs/tax_model Tax Model
ITERATE International Terrorism Data
lbid NCHS Linked Birth/Infant Death Data 1985 on(see births, deaths)
mare_winship Uniform Extracts from the March CPS 1964-1992
marrdivo NCHS Marriage and Divorce Data 1989-1995
meps NCHS Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
milpen Military Pension and Medical Records 1820-1940 (see ei)
morg CPS Labor Extracts -- Merged Outgoing Rotation Groups 1979 on
mortality NCHS Multiple Causes of Death Data 1968 on (see deaths)
mults NCHS's Matched Multiple Birth Data
namcs NCHS's National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)
natality NCHS Natality Data from 1968-1985, 1991-1995, 1998 on (see births)
nhamcs NCHS's National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)
nhanes NCHS Natl Health and Nutrition Exam. Survey, (NHANES III) 1988-1994
nhds/1990 NCHS National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1990
nhdsmy NCHS National Hospital Discharge Survey, Multi-year: 1979-2000
nhdsmy_old NCHS National Hospital Discharge Survey, Multi-year: 1979-1997
nhis NCHS National Health Interview Survey 1987-1996
nhis/1994-state NCHS National Health Interview Survey 1994
nhisd NCHS NHIS on Disability Phase I & II 1994-1995
nls_boys NLS Original Cohort YOUNG MEN
nlsy97 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997
nls_girls NLS Young Women
nls_men National Longitudinal Survey Original Cohort MEN
nls_old NLS Old Cohort Database R4.0
nls_women National Longitudinal Surveys Mature Women
nlsy-child NLSY Mother-Child database
nltcs National Long Term Care Survey
nmes National Medical Expenditure Survey
nmfs National Mortality Followback Survey
npsas National Postsceondary Student Aid Study. For online or Windows data extraction see http://nces.ed.gov/das
nscg National Survey of College Graduates (NSF, 1993)
nsfg --
oww Occupational Wages around the World
patents The NBER U.S. Patent Database
pensioncrisis Data Appendix from Social Security Pension Reform in Europe
perinatal NCHS Perinatal Mortality Data File 1995 on (see births, deaths)
psid Panel Survey of Income Dynamics. For online data extraction see the PSID Online Data Center
publaw Public Sector Collective Bargaining Law Data Set
PUMS Census Public Use Micro Samples, 1960 on. For online data extraction of the Integrated PUMS, IPUMS, visit http://www.ipums.org.
rndpanel Bronwyn Hall's Research & Development Masterfile
RPI-sci-pap NBER-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Scientific Papers Database
scf Survey of Consumer Finances, 1995 on
scf.sas 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992 Survey of Consumer Finances SAS datasets
scg Survey of College Graduates
sddb School District Databook 1990
sestat/1993 1993 NSF Survey of Engineers and Scientists
sipp Survey of Income and Program Dynamics
spd Survey of Program Dynamics. For online/PC data extraction, visit the DataFerrett
sestat Scientist and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT). To generate tables online visit SESTAT
ssanbs Social Security Administration New Beneficiary
surgcerts Surgeons' Certificates (see ei)
tax_model Individual Income Tax Model 1960-1991
taxsim SAS formatted versions of the tax files.
trade Tariffs and Non-tariff Barriers by County
trains TRAINS tariff data
udb Underclass Data Base Consistent census tracts 1970-80-90 (Updated)
underclass Underclass Data Base Consistent census tracts 1970-80-90 (Old).
WHO mortality WHO mortality
vets Survey of Veterans 1979, 1987
zipcode-data

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Last Update: January 13, 2009 Created by Jean Roth, June 7, 2001

 
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