Institute of Social Research

The Institute of Social Research, and the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) are located at the University of Michigan. ICPSR has an archive of the world's largest collection of computerized social science data. The archive is searchable. Major areas include:

1. Census enumerations
2. Community, urban studies
3. Conflict, aggression, violence
4. Economic behavior, attitudes
5. Education
6. Elites and leadership
7. Geography and environment
8. Government structures, policies
9. Health care, facilities
10. Instructional packages
11. International systems
12. Legal systems
13. Legislative, deliberative bodies
14. Mass political behavior, attitudes
15. Organizational behavior
16. Social indicators
17. Social institutions, behavior
18. Publication-related archive

The Institute of Social Research currently has five active survey projects, of which the PSID, HRS, and AHEAD data are of particular interest to economists:

1. Asset and Health Dynamic Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD)
2. The Health and Retirement Study (HRS)
3. The Michigan Prevention Research Center (MPRC)
4. The Panel Study for Income Dynamics (PSID)
5. The Joint Program for Survey Methodology (JPSM)