Online Access to International Historical Statistics
Faculty, students, and staff now have online access to the three volume set titled: International Historical Statistics.
Blog topic: Government information
UN Day 2014: Faces of the World's Refugees
October 24 is United Nations Day.
Visit the exhibit: Faces of the World's Refugees on display at the Green Library Lobby
Conference heads up: "Beyond the Numbers: Economics and Data for Information Professionals"
This looks to be a highly interesting conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis this September 29-30, 2014 for anyone interested in historic economic data. Keynote speakers include Hal Varian, Chief Economist at Google, and Neil Fantom, World Bank manager who leads their Open Data Initiative.
Q&A: population figures for various countries for the 19th century
Question: I need population figures for various countries starting at about 1850. Is there a resource I can check for such data?
Answer: You should start with B. R. Mitchell's International Historical Statistics: 1750-2005. It's shelved in the Information Center Statistics area and there are three volumes: 1) Africa, Asia and Oceania; 2) The Americas; 3) Europe.
Q&A: Average Tariff Levels
Question: I'm looking for data on the average tariff levels of various countries from 1962-1989. Any version of the average tariff (weighted average) would be fine.
Q&A: Historical Social Security forms
Question: I am doing research on the social security application (federal document #SS-5), and how it has changed over the years. Where can I look for historical versions of this document?
Q&A: tracing the history of TRIPS agreement
Question: I am researching on the negotiating history of article 66.2 of the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). I would like to find information on debates that preceded adoption of this Article in the Agreement. I have not been able to find any particular thread in the GATT Archive that would enable me trace this history.
Answer: Thanks for contacting the GATT archive. Here are a few angles to explore in order to trace that history.
Q&A: finding state information and TANF data
Question: I need help locating some data that we are hunting. Specifically, I am interested in finding out the following information for a selected years between 1987 and 2000: The composition of state legislatures (in terms of political parties); Party affiliation of state governors; Maximum welfare or TANF rates for families of 3 by state. I’ve found some of the TANF data in various editions of the Green Book put out by the House Ways and Means Committee, but have not been able to locate TANF data for 1987, 1991 or 1993.