Gina C. Pieters, Ph.D. Economist
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Resources for Undergraduate Students
Coding
A
language-agnostic guide to programming for economists
by "LJ" Ristovska
Code and Data for the Social Sciences: A Practioner's Guide
by Dr. Gentzkow and Dr. Shapiro
Writing
TexStudio
is the main LaTex editor I use.
Writing advice
, aggregates multiple classics about writing/presenting in Econ.
Core writing
classic Tweet
Economics Resources for Undergraduates (General)
https://www.aeaweb.org/resources/students
How to get into Academia (PhD/MA)
Dr. Doleac's page of
helpful Twitter Threads for Aspiring Academic Economics
This
twitter thread
contains my advice on applications for PhD. focused Economics MA programs.
EconBrew List
Conferences
for Economists who Teach
CTREE
(AEA's Teaching conference)
St. Louis Fed Professors Conference
Liberal Arts Macro Workshop
(Research+Teaching, focus on international, finance)
Liberal Arts Development Workshop
(Research+Teaching, focus on Econ Development/Growth)
National Economic Education Delegation
(NEED)
OurOnline Data Sources for Student Projects
United States Focus (*Also has international data)
Bureau of Labor Statistics*
Bureau of Economic Analysis*
U.S. Census Bureau
Federal Reserve System*
Federal Reserve Bank: FRED*
Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
Health and Retirement Study (HRS)
USA TradeStats Express
USA Trade Online
(need to create an account)
DataUSA
International & Trade
OECD
IMF-International Financial Statistics
Global Financial Data
(some series are free)
Penn World Tables
UN Comtrade database
CID @ UCD
The Observatory of Economic Complexity
World Bank Data Sets
CEPII (Gravity)
DataAfrica
TRAINS database
(Tariffs and product flows at HS6)
Trade Agreements and Currency Unions
Our World In Data