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data the growth economics blog skip to primary content the growth economics blog this blog takes robert solow seriously search main menu home about me class material data figures maps papers data the following are some of the most commonly used datasets in economic growth research the first set is country level but following those are some links to micro level data firms individuals that are becoming more and more widely used for a colossally thorough set of links to available datasets see the aea site country level data groningen growth and development centre probably the single most useful site includes the newest penn world tables data 8 0 maddison s historical series and industry sector level data from a wide range of countries barro lee education data years of education and enrollment rates world bank development indicators includes a variety of economic data gdp external balances labor force indicators as well as health education and inequality data world bank doing business this is probably the most up to date source for what you might call institutions data at least as they related to frictions facing firms macro data for stata catini panizza and saade have provided a great public service and standardized a wide set of country level data so that you can combine data sources easily leans towards open economy topics exch rates financial flows but has quality of governance indicators at the micro level the following are probably the most widely used ipums this started as the online home of historical u s census individual level data and now contains individual level census data from a range of countries great ability to search for variables and they ve standardized nearly all data so it is comparable across countries demographic and health surveys relatively consistent set of surveys done in a wide set of developing countries often multiple years heavily weighted towards not surprisingly fertility health and mortality data it also has some economic information world bank living standard measurement surveys very detailed surveys done in a set of developing countries with a lot of fine grain information on time allocations to various economic activities asset ownership demographics health and more some countries actually have panels available may require you to contact national statistical agencies for permission firm level data is getting a lot of attention it is still early enough that there is no consistent set of firm data across countries that is the standard the world bank does have what it calls enterprise surveys which contain a lot of firm level financial data and information on frictions faced by firms the surveys only cover formal firms and some of the earlier years are not quite representative so be sure to read the documentation before using share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading 3 thoughts on data asif islam on may 19 2014 at 2 47 pm said the enterprise surveys are actually representative after 2006 2007 they pursue a common methodology and unlike the lsms cited above can actually allow for cross country comparisons they are also the only firm level surveys that are both comparable across countries and ask certain questions about the business environment specifically regarding corruption and regulatory burden of course they are only representative at the sector of survey stratification the methodology is clearly stated here http www enterprisesurveys org methodology the representative nature of the surveys is fairly accepted in academia for a list of working papers and publications based on the data please see the excel sheet in the righthand column of the page below under additional research http www enterprisesurveys org research please contact me if you have any queries about the surveys reply dvollrath on may 19 2014 at 2 59 pm said asif thanks for the information my knowledge of the enterprise surveys is a few years old so i will check out the methodology and make an update on the blog thanks dv reply asif islam on may 20 2014 at 1 42 pm said that would be great and any feedback or recommendations would also be much appreciated best regards reply leave a comment cancel reply δ blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed the growth economics blog join 402 other subscribers sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy the growth economics blog subscribe subscribed sign up log in copy shortlink report this content view post in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar d design a site like this with wordpress com get started
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