Public_Policy

This project includes data and scripts aimed at informing public policy.

Current projects

• Fiscal policy

  • OECD
  • California

• Campaign finance

  • California
  • Federal

Investigations

• Social policy

  • Marriage vs. Divorce Rates

• Soviet industrial statistics

  • https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/wps1284-soviet-economic-decline
  • https://www.nass.usda.gov/Education_and_Outreach/Reports,_Presentations_and_Conferences/Yield_Reports/Grain%20Production%20in%20the%20USSR%20Present%20Situation,%20Perspectives%20for%20Development%20and%20Methods%20for%20Prediction.pdf

Data Sources

+ OECD Top Marginal Tax Rates
	- https://www.bus.umich.edu/otpr/otpr/OTPRdataV3.asp
	- http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/sites/default/files/legacy/taxfacts/content/PDF/oecd_historical_toprate.pdf
	- http://www.oecd.org/tax/tax-policy/tax-database/#pir
	- https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/statistics/historical-top-marginal-personal-income-tax-rate-oecd-countries
	- https://www.oecd.org/tax/tax-policy/tax-database/tax-database-update-note.pdf
+ Election Data, Congress, and the Presidency
	- https://voteview.com/data
	- https://electionlab.mit.edu/data
	- https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/presidential-job-approval
	- https://www.brookings.edu/multi-chapter-report/vital-statistics-on-congress/

Citations

+ Tax Rates, Economic Growth, and Fiscal Health
	- https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/109th-congress-2005-2006/reports/12-01-10percenttaxcut.pdf