Top Statistical Databases
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World Trade InformationFeatures a Statistics Database with interactive access to up-to-date trade statistics and the annual publication International Trade Statistics.
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Office of Textiles and Apparel (U.S. Dept of Commerce)This page has a huge amount of data under the heading of Trade Data, such as the Major Shippers Report, Export Market Report, and the Textile and Apparel Trade Balance Report. There is also information from Federal Register notices relating to textiles.
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United NationsInternational and national statistics on general social and economic issues can be located from the list here. NOTE: The UNDATA portal is often easiest to search.
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Specific CountriesStatistics on individual countries can be linked to here.
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World BankIf you're looking for national and international statistics, and global statistical OR Information, analysis, and advice on global trends in the world economy, the World Bank is a good place to go.
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New York State Dept. of LaborThis page links to wage, job, and labor force statistics for New York State.
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UN ComtradeAllows tracking of various commodities across the world
Other Useful International Statistical Databases
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SourceOECDSourceOECD is the online publications portal of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. SourceOECD, when complete, will comprise 19 Studies by Themes, containing all our monographs and reports; 19 periodicals online; some reference titles online; and the OECD statistical databases online.
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CEIC Data ManagerCEIC Data contains economic, industrial and financial time-series data. Our Global Database offers unprecedented coverage of 221 countries in Asia, Europe and Central Asia, Middle East, Africa and the Americas. EIC also offers 18 macro-economic concepts, and 1,400,000 time series. Data comes from analysts on the ground and the prime national and regional statistical agencies and major industrial data issuing organizations of each country covered. The CEIC Data Manager provides access to the entire CEIC database from within the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet application. Times-series can be directly retrieved from the database and imported into Excel for quick analysis.
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EIU Data ServicesFrom the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), this is a comprehensive database of economic indicators with historical series, estimates and forecasts, covering 278 series for 117 countries, as well as 40 regional aggregates, over the period 1980 - 2005+. [The number of countries covered, as well as the time period in this database changes over time, usually the numbers increase.]
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FAOSTATFAOSTAT is an on-line and multilingual database currently containing over 1 million time-series records covering international statistics in the following areas: Production, Trade, Food Balance Sheets, Food Aid Shipments, Fertilizer and Pesticides, Land Use and Irrigation, Forest Products, Fishery Products, Population, Agricultural Machinery.
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World Development Indicators OnlineWDI Online is a comprehensive database on development data covering more than 575 indicators, 225 countries, and 18 regional and income groups. The extensive collection of development data includes population, income, social, economic, financial, natural
Subscription Resources
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Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research (CISER)CISER is Cornell's data archive. Browse or search its Archive Holdings to find data sets, available via CISER's web site and through its collection of machine-readable files. CISER staff also provide advice on data analysis and access to some statistical software. Grad students who are writing theses and dissertations should especially see what CISER has to offer.
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ERI's Platform LibraryRestricted access to loaded software from ILR Library Reference workstation; ask at ILR Reference Desk for assistance.
Has salary and cost of living information.
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ProQuest Statistical InsightProvides statistical data from U.S. government publications from 1973, state and private sources from 1980, and international organizations from 1983.
Free Data & Statistical Resources for Labor & HR
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EurofoundEurofound, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, is a European Union body, one of the first to be established to work in specialised areas of EU policy. Specifically, it was set up by the European Council (Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1365/75 of 26 May 1975), to contribute to the planning and design of better living and working conditions in Europe.
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ILO DatabasesThe International Labor Organization provides a wealth of information on 186 nations. Their databases help guide you to the correct sources. Scroll down to LaborDoc, http://labordoc.ilo.org, to search journal articles recommended by the ILO as well as its own reports.
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International Statistical AgenciesComprehensive list by country, compiled by the U. S. Census Bureau. NOTE: Scroll to bottom of web page for the list.
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OECD Statistics (OECD.Stat)OECD.Stat is the statistical online platform of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development where users can search and access OECD's statistical databases. Build tables, download data, and view methodology and sources. Browse by theme or country or search for data.