Justin Wolfer’s research data page. Includes freely available data used in various studies on the effects of the death penalty, among other things.
Empirical Legal Studies blog. A Blog run by law professors involved in empirical reserearch on legal issues. Check out the lower right hand side of the blog frame, which has links to lots of data resources.
Business and finance data
EDGAR – Database of corporate financial statements and related information maintained by the SEC.
StockMaster – Provides fast delayed stock and mutual funds quotes and historical charts.
Education Policy and Data Center. “The EPDC has the world’s largest international education database with over 3.8 millon data points from 200 countries. The data comes from national and international websites including household survey datasets as well as studies and reports.”
EdStats. “EdStats collects worldwide data on education from national statistical reports, statistical annexes of new publications, and other data sources.”