Davidson Data Center and Network (DDCN)

Davidson Data Center and Network (DDCN) is an integrated, fully searchable database on transition and emerging markets. DDCN archives and provides free access to socio-economic micro and macro data on transition economies.

This is a three-faceted resource:

* Data Locator — DDCN points to data resources, primarily available on the web, held by other institutions (both free data and from commercial vendors).
* Archiving and Dissemination — DDCN also archives and disseminates data. Data sets that can be made available in the public domain are downloadable directly from this website at no charge. To save files from this site, we only require a one-time, free registration.
* Data Exchanges — DDCN facilitates data exchanges between researchers and between institutions. For data that cannot be made available in the public domain, DDCN assumes an active role in the brokering of access.

What, exactly, can you find here? If you browse by subject, you’ll see…

Macro Data (Comprehensive Databases, Macroeconomics and Growth, Monetary Data, Fiscal Data, Prices, Finance and Banking, Labor Force, Employment and Earnings. External Sector Data, Enterprises and Privatization, Poverty and Income Inequality, Population and Social Indicators, Science and Technology, Economic Sectors, Governance and Anti-Corruption)

Micro Data (Labor Force Surveys, Household Budget Surveys, Census Data, Public Opinion Surveys, Other Surveys, Administrative Records)

Firm Level Data (Enterprise Surveys, Bank Surveys, Other Firm Surveys, Administrative Data)

DDCN “is funded jointly by the William Davidson Institute (WDI) and a National Science Foundation (NSF) seed grant.” WDI, at the University of Michigan, “is a non-profit, independent, research and educational institute dedicated to developing and disseminating expertise on issues affecting firms in transition & emerging market economies.”