Resources

Software

• The primary software for this class is R , which is freely available here

  • You should also install RStudio, which makes working with R very convenient

• There many online resources for learning R, but you can start here:

  • For R

  • For RStudio

Data sources

Here are suggested data sources (not exhaustive) that are used for the class work, and that you can also use for your class projects. I encourage you to explore for more data sources.

Macroeconomic data

• World Development Indicators

• Penn World Table

• The Aid Data at William and Mary

Microeconomic data

• The World Bank Microdata Library

• The Demographic and Health Surveys

The datasets are available free of charge, but some institutions require that you register before downloading the data.