Economics 520: Projects

• You will put together three data sets, one from CEX (cross-section), one from FRED and BEA (time series), and one from (PSID) panel. For each one, you will 1) identify variables you want and create a codebook; 2) collect and clean variables and construct first drafts of two tables: a) variable names and definitions and b) moments and extrema; and 3) fix drafts of tables.

• You will work in groups of four. Some of the work will occur during recitation sections, and some will occur outside of class.