Macroeconomic time series for the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and France [electronic resource].

Format
Data file
Language
English
Published/​Created
Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 2007.
Description
Extent of collection: 22 data files + machine-readable documentation (text) + OSIRIS dictionaries.

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Subject(s)
Series
ICPSR ; 7644
Restrictions note
Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.
Summary note
This collection contains an array of economic time series data pertaining to the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, primarily between the 1920s and the 1960s, and including some time series from the 18th and 19th centuries. These data were collected by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and they constitute a research resource of importance to economists as well as to political scientists, sociologists, and historians. Under a grant from the National Science Foundation, ICPSR and the National Bureau of Economic Research converted this collection (which existed heretofore only on handwritten sheets stored in New York) into fully accessible, readily usable, and completely documented machine-readable form. The NBER collection -- containing an estimated 1.6 million entries -- is divided into 16 major categories: (1) construction, (2) prices, (3) security markets, (4) foreign trade, (5) income and employment, (6) financial status of business, (7) volume of transactions, (8) government finance, (9) distribution of commodities, (10) savings and investments, (11) transportation and public utilities, (12) stocks of commodities, (13) interest rates, and (14) indices of leading, coincident, and lagging indicators, (15) money and banking, and (16) production of commodities. Data from all categories are available in Parts 1-22. The economic variables are usually observations on the entire nation or large subsets of the nation. Frequently, however, and especially in the United States, separate regional and metropolitan data are included in other variables. This makes cross-sectional analysis possible in many cases. The time span of variables in these files may be as short as one year or as long as 160 years. Most data pertain to the first half of the 20th century. Many series, however, extend into the 19th century, and a few reach into the 18th. The oldest series, covering brick production in England and Wales, begins in 1785, and the most recent United States data extend to 1968. The unit of analysis is an interval of time -- a year, a quarter, or a month. The bulk of observations are monthly, and most series of monthly data contain annual values or totals.
Notes
  • Codebook available in print and electronic format.
  • Title from title screen (viewed on March 2, 2006).
Type of data
Extent of collection: 22 data files + machine-readable documentation (text) + OSIRIS dictionaries.
Time and place of event
  • Date(s) of collection: 1920-1970.
  • Time period: 1785-1968.
Geographic coverage
Geographic coverage: Germany, France, United Kingdom, United States, Global.
Funding information
Funding agency: The National Science Foundation.
System details
  • Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  • Data format: Logical Record Length and card image.
  • Extent of processing: CONCHK.ICPSR/ UNDOCCHK.ICPSR/ MDATA.ICPSR/ CDBK.ICPSR.
Methodology note
  • Data source: various corporations and government entities.
  • Universe: time series of economic statistics pertaining to France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States between 1785 and 1968.
Contents
  • Codebook: [pt. 1.] Construction [Dataset 02A, 02B and 02C]
  • [pt. 2.] Prices [Dataset 04A and 04B]
  • [pt. 3.] Security markets
  • [pt. 4.] Foreign trade
  • [pt. 5.] Income and employment [Dataset 08A, 08B and 08C]
  • [pt. 6.] Financial status of business
  • [pt. 7.] Volume of transactions
  • [pt. 8.] Government finance
  • [pt. 9.] Distribution of commodities
  • [pt. 10.] Savings and investments
  • [pt. 11.] Transportation and public utilities
  • [pt. 12.] Stocks of commodities
  • [pt. 13.] Interest rates
  • [pt. 14.] Indexes of leading, coincident and lagging indicators
  • [pt. 15.] Money and banking
  • [pt. 16.] Production of commodities [Dataset 01A, 01B].
Publications about
Burns, Arthur F. and Wesley C. Mitchell. National Bureau of Economic Research, 1946.
Cite as
National Bureau of Economic Research. MACROECONOMIC TIME SERIES FOR THE UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY, AND FRANCE [Computer file]. ICPSR07644-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer], 1979. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007-03-26.
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