Worksheets and Projects in Applied Economics

Eileen Tipoe, University of Oxford, and Ralf Becker, University of Manchester

Free online workbook, designed to be used alongside the CORE textbooks or as part of other courses. 13 "data-based projects with step-by-step instructions for Excel, Google Sheets, R, and Python", intended to complement the other CORE textbooks or to be used on their own to develop data skills. The book is fully available online, and downloadable in PDF and Epub formats. The book includes a glossary, educator notes, and a list of walk-throughs. Screen-shots walk the reader through the steps of using each interface.

Published or updated: 2024

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Using Big Data to Solve Economic and Social Problems

Raj Chetty and Greg Bruich, Harvard University

Slides, video lectures and syllabus from the Harvard introductory course "Using Big Data Solve Economic and Social Problems" which gets students using statistical science to examine topics such as equality of opportunity, education, health, the environment, and criminal justice. There are also handouts and files from four empirical projects that constitute the course.

Published or updated: 2019