Google Public Data – Using Data in Economics Assignments
Google Public Data has a growing volume of datasets available for wider use and these can often be a good
way of introducing some supporting evidence into assignments. Here are a few examples
Euro Stat Data: An example below is selected minimum wage rates in Europe
OECD Fact Book Data (2010 edition) – this is packed full of interesting economic and social data that might
be used for example in creating an assignment or a practice data response question
Another full data set comes from the World Bank Development Database