Stata Tutorial / Germán Rodríguez (Princeton). Covers data management, tables, graphics, programming.
StataCorp's YouTube Channel / StataCorp. 350+ short video tutorials.
Stata Cheat Sheets / Tim Essam & Laura Hughes. Printable references for syntax, data processing, plotting.
Articles on Statistical Computing (Stata for Researchers) / SSCC, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Stata Guide / Asjad Naqvi. Workflow, LaTeX export, academic graph tips.
The Stata Workflow Guide / Asjad Naqvi.
Stata Coding Guide / Julian Reif.
Stackexchange / Stack Overflow / for specific coding questions.
Introduction to Data Analysis with Python / Monash Data Fluency / SoDa Labs. A good starting point.
Coding for Economists / Arthur Turrell. End-to-end econ-oriented Python guide.
Web Scraping in Python / Monash Data Fluency.
PolyFuzz / Maarten Grootendorst. Fuzzy string matching at scale (TF-IDF works for millions of obs).
Translating Stata to R / McDermott, Butts & Huntington-Klein.
Data Science for Economists / Grant McDermott (University of Oregon).
Data Visualization / Kieran Healy (book-length online R guide).
QGIS Tutorials and Tips / Ujaval Gandhi.
The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX / Oetiker, Partl, Hyna & Schlegl.
Code and Data for the Social Sciences: A Practitioner's Guide / Gentzkow & Shapiro. The canonical reference.
The Plain Person's Guide to Plain Text Social Science / Kieran Healy. A guide to reproducible, plain-text academic workflows using Markdown, Git, and Pandoc.
The Missing Semester of Your CS Education / Athalye, Ortiz & Gjengset (MIT). Git, shell, debugging / the stuff PhDs rarely get taught.
Best Practices When Writing Code / Daniel M. Sullivan.
Reproducible Research in Economics / Hans-Martin von Gaudecker.
All-in-One: VS Code for Economists / Esma Özer.
Scott's Mixtape Substack / Scott Cunningham (Baylor). Weekly writing on causal inference and AI agents for empirical research. The "Claude Code" series is the most practical ongoing documentation of an economist actually using these tools day-to-day.
MixtapeTools (GitHub) / Scott Cunningham. Claude Code workflows, templates, skills for coding, teaching, and Beamer presentations.
Aniket Panjwani's writings / ongoing notes on Claude Code with Stata, Git integration, and AI agents for econ research.
Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham / keep tracks of trends in causal inference methods
Diff and diff approach by Pedro H. C. Sant'Anna
How to get started on research in economics? / Steve Pischke (LSE).
PhD Thesis Research: Where Do I Start? / Don Davis (Columbia).
How to Build an Economic Model in Your Spare Time / Hal Varian (Berkeley / Google).
Advice for Graduate Students / Greg Mankiw.
Four Steps to an Applied Micro Paper / Jesse M. Shapiro (Harvard):
Advice for Academic Research / Ricardo Dahis:
Managing Your Research Pipeline / Matthew Lebo:
My Epic Failures / Ben Olken.
10 Q&A: advice for "lost" graduate students / Ariel Rubinstein.
Causal Inference: The Mixtape / Scott Cunningham / The full open-access textbook version of Cunningham's Mixtape.
The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality / Nick Huntington-Klein / Free, approachable book on research design and causal inference with both R and Stata code.
Writing Tips for Ph.D. Students / John Cochrane (Chicago/Stanford). The classic.
Writing Economics / Robert Neugeboren with Mireille Jacobson (Harvard FAS).
A Guide to Writing in Economics / Paul Dudenhefer (Duke).
The Introduction Formula / Keith Head (UBC).
How to Write Applied Papers in Economics / Marc F. Bellemare.
The Conclusion Formula / Marc F. Bellemare.
The Big 5: How to Write the Introduction of a Presentation (and Paper) / Don Cox.
On Writing Economics Papers / Albert Ma.
How to Write a Theory Paper / Ed Glaeser.
A Graph Is Worth a Thousand Citations / Eric Zwick.
Narrative Data Visualisation in Python / Arthur Turrell.
Data Visualization / Kieran Healy. (Also see Andrew Heiss's course.)
An Economist's Guide to Visualizing Data / Schwabish, JEP.
Stata Graph Tips for Academic Articles / Asjad Naqvi.
Best Figures from Economics Papers / Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham.
New Graphic Schemes for Stata: plotplain & plottig / Daniel Bischof.
Ten Guidelines for Better Tables / Jonathan A. Schwabish.
The Stata-to-LaTeX Guide / Asjad Naqvi.
Tips for Generating Stata Output for LaTeX / Luke Stein.
How to Give an Applied Micro Talk / Jesse M. Shapiro.
Tips on How to Avoid Disaster in Presentations / Monika Piazzesi (Stanford).
How to Give an Economic Theory Talk / Shengwu Li.
How to Make Effective Slides / Julie Zhiyu Fu.
22 Tips for Conference and Seminar Presentations / Marc F. Bellemare.
Academic Presenting: How to Get It Right / David Ubilava.
Beamer Tips / Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham.
How to Give a Good Paper Discussion / James J. Choi.
Tips on Being a Good Discussant / CSWEP.
How to Publish in Academic Journals / Marc F. Bellemare.
Learnings from 1,000 Rejections / Alex Edmans.
How to Get Published in an Economics Journal / CSWEP (Spring 2011 newsletter).
How to Publish in Top Journals / Kwan Choi.
Reflections on Editing the Journal of Finance, 2006–2012 / Campbell R. Harvey.
The Young Economist's Guide to Professional Etiquette / Daniel S. Hamermesh, JEP 1992.
How to Write an Effective Referee Report / Berk, Harvey & Hirshleifer, JEP 2017.
Preparing a Referee Report: Guidelines and Perspectives / Berk, Harvey & Hirshleifer.
Facts and Myths about Refereeing / Daniel Hamermesh, JEP 1994.
Constructive Refereeing / Chris Roth (linked from his homepage).
Advice for Ph.D. Students / Chris Roth & David Schindler.
The Backwards Induction Approach to Grad School / P.J. Healy.
The Hidden Curriculum (podcast).
Resources on Mental Health / Frank Schilbach.
Mental Health and Success / Scott Cunningham.
Faking It / Chris Woolston, Nature.
A Guide and Advice for Economists on the US Junior Academic Job Market / John Cawley (Cornell).
The Ten Most Important Rules of Writing Your Job Market Paper / Claudia Goldin & Lawrence Katz
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Job Market / Eric Zwick
EEA Guide for European Job Market Candidates / Michela Carlana.
Job Market Resources / Johannes Pfeifer.
Academic Job Market Advice / Chris Blattman (Columbia)pa
PhD Job Candidate Websites: Tips and Advice / Michael Ewens
Just One More Thing: Structured Research Mentoring for Junior Faculty / Jesse M. Shapiro
ANR (France) / Agence Nationale de la Recherche Official portal for France’s main competitive research funding agency (AAPG, JCJC, PRC, etc.).
Horizon Europe / European Commission EU’s flagship research funding programme (2021–2027).
ERC (European Research Council) Frontier research grants in Europe (Starting, Consolidator, Advanced, Synergy, PoC).
DECRA (Australia) / ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award Main early-career grant scheme in Australia; 3 years of salary support plus project funding.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA, Europe) EU postdoc and mobility funding (Postdoctoral Fellowships, Doctoral Networks, Staff Exchanges).
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Major Swiss source for individual grants and postdoctoral fellowships.
DFG (Germany) / Walter Benjamin / Emmy Noether Key German early-career funding schemes.
NWO Veni / Vidi (Netherlands) Prestigious Dutch early-career grants.
ESRC New Investigator Grant (UK) Major UK route for early-career social scientists.
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (UK) Flexible UK early-career fellowship with strong humanities/social science uptake.
Navigating the Tenure Process / CSWEP (resource page collating Winter 2013 symposium).
Top 10 Questions to Think About Before Your Tenure Review / CSWEP.
Managing Your Career as an Economist After Tenure / Robert Hall, CSWEP (Winter 2009).
Top 10 Tips for Writing Research, Teaching, and Service Statements / CSWEP.
Negotiating Senior Job Offers / Susan Athey, CSWEP (Winter 2007).
Pay It Forward: Guidance for Mentoring Junior Scholars / William T. Grant Foundation.
Work and Family in Academia: Striking the Balance / CSWEP symposium (Spring/Summer 2007, ed. Donna Ginther).
Women in Economics: Moving Up or Falling Off the Academic Career Ladder? / Donna Ginther & Shulamit Kahn, Journal of Economic Perspectives (2004).
Economists Must Build a Better Community / Claudia Sahm.
The Cold Email Guide / Sahil Bloom.
Maximizing the Substance in the Soundbite: A Media Guide for Economists / Daniel S. Hamermesh, Journal of Economic Education (2004).
Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics / SERC Carleton. Teaching resources by topic.
An Online Handbook for the Use of Contemporary Econometrics in Economic Education Research / William E. Becker, AEA Committee on Economic Education.
Listening to My Students at Scale: Exit Tickets, NotebookLM, and the Tightest Feedback Loop I've Ever Built / Panos Ipeirotis.
EconGradAdvice / Chris Roth & David Schindler. The most comprehensive single hub.
Research Resources / Guojun He (HKU).
Public Goods (resources page) and TheLittleDataset/ Alex Albright. R, data science, undergrad thesis writing.
Tips for Economists / Masayuki Kudamatsu.
Resources / Ryan B. Edwards.
Resources / Plamen Nikolov.
PhD Resources / Shanjun Li.
Resources / Jennifer Doleac. Includes the Economics of Crime database.
Coding for Economists / Arthur Turell.
Social Science PhD Tech Stack / Kevin Bryan. Guide to AI, Git, and LaTeX.
Public Goods (resources page) / Natalia Emanuel.
Research Advice / Keith Head.
Collection of Resources / Quan Le.
Links for PhD Students / Tobias Klein.
Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham / Resources and Beamer/figures pages.
Resources / Chuqing Jin. Computational resources.