Palgrave Handbook of Econometrics: Applied Econometrics

576 Panel Data Methods

Table 12.1 Key datasets cited in the review

Acronym Full title, origin Format Homepage

AddHealth National Longitudinal
Study of Adolescent
Health, US

Panel survey http://www.cpc.unc.edu/

projects/addhealth/

AHEAD Assets and Health
Dynamics Among the
Oldest-Old, US

Panel survey http://hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/

BHPS British Household Panel
Survey, UK

Panel survey http://www.data-archive. ac.uk/

BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System, US

Telephone

survey

http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/

CHNS China Health and
Nutrition Surveys

Panel survey http://www.cpc.unc.edu/
projects/china
ECHP European Community
Household Panel, EC-15

Panel survey http://forum.europa.eu.int/
Public/irc/dsis/echpanel/
home
ELSA English Longitudinal
Survey of Ageing

Panel survey http://www.ifs.org.uk/elsa/

GSCF Gansu Survey of Children
and Families, China

Longitudinal

multilevel

survey

http://china.pop.upenn.edu/

Gansu/intro.htm

GSOEP German Socioeconomic
Panel

Panel survey http://www.diw.de/english/sop/

HALS Health and Lifestyle
Survey, GB

Panel survey http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/

HCSUS HIV Cost and Services
Utilization Study, US

Panel survey http://www.rand.org/health/
projects/hcsus/
HCUP Healthcare Cost and
Utilization Project, US

Administrative http://www.hcup-
us.ahrq.gov/overview.jsp
HES Hospital Episode Statistics,
England and Wales

Administrative http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/
Publicationsandstatistics/
Statistics/HospitalEpisode
Statistics/index.htm
HRS Health and Retirement
Survey, US

Panel survey http://hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/

HSE Health Survey for England,
Welsh Health Survey,
Scottish Health Survey

Repeated

cross-

sections

http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/

HSN Historical Sample of the
Netherlands

Longitudinal

sample from

census and

registers

http://www.iisg.nl/∼hsn/

LASA Longitudinal Aging Study
Amsterdam

Panel survey http://www.lasa-vu.nl

LSMS Living Standards
Measurement Study,
World Bank

Repeated

cross-

sections

http://www.worldbank.org/html/

prdph/lsms/lsmshome.html

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