Index of /wp_metadata
This directory shows commonly requested meta-data for the
NBER working paper series in tab delimited UTF-8 or
Stata .dta formats suitable for analysis by statistical or
general purpose software. Formats for bibliographic software
are linked from
http://www.nber.org/policies.html
All of these files should update automatically each week.
For the character files the first column is always the working
paper number, then a tab, then the listed variable. The first
row has variable names.
File names and variables for the tab delimited versions:
abs.tsv abstract
date.tsv issue date
jel.tsv JEL codes (multiple rows per paper)
prog.tsv NBER program names (multile rows per paper)
auth.tsv author code (first_last) (multiple rows per paper
for multiple authors)
auths.tsv authors, (comma delimited for multiple authors)
title.tsv Title
published.tsv Book or Journal Publication information
There is also ref.tsv which combines paper number, author, title
and issue date in a single line like a journal reference.
Stata versions are in ./dta and tab versions in ./tsv.
Working paper numbers have 4 or 5 digits and usually begin with
a "w". However, in years past the prefix letter could be an "h"
(for historical) or a "t" (for technical).
The published.tsv file shows where working papers were
eventually published. It is not comprehensive. It combines
information from authors, Crossref, RePEc and online vitae and
journal names may vary by source.
Daniel Feenberg
feenberg@nber.org
+1 617-682-6204