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ECO 350:  Doing Research in Public Finance

Education

Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov/

National Center for Education Statistics: http://nces.ed.gov/index.html

Environment

EPA’s National Center for Environmental Economics: http://www.epa.gov/economics/

Resources for the Future: http://www.rff.org/

Health

Medicaid Clearinghouse: http://www.familiesusa.org/html/medicaid/medicaid.htm

University of Michigan Statistical Resources on the Web (health): http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/sthealth.html

National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: http://medicare.commission.gov/medicare/

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: http://www.hcfa.gov/

Poverty and Welfare

Institute for Research on Poverty (University of Wisconsin-Madison): http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/

U.S. Census Poverty Measurement Site: http://www.census.gov/hhes/poverty/povmeas/toc.html

Urban Institute’s “Assessing the New Federalism” Site: http://newfederalism.urban.org/

Inequality.org: http://www.inequality.org/

Department of Health and Human Services Welfare Reform Site: http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/news/welfare/

Social Security and Retirement

Social Security Administration: http://www.ssa.gov/

Social Security Adiminstration Office of Policy: http://www.ssa.gov/policy/

Taxes

IRS Digital Daily: http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/index.html

IRS Tax Statistics: http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/tax_stats/index.html

National Tax Association: http://www.ntanet.org/

U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Taxation: http://www.house.gov/jct/

Department of Treasury Office of Tax Policy: http://www.ustreas.gov/taxpolicy/