Resources by Lisa

Corporate Subsidy Tracker and Political Activity Database

Creators: Good Jobs First
Publication Date: 2026-04
Creators: Good Jobs First

Good Jobs First is a non-profit research organisation that tracks corporate subsidies, tax incentives, and political activity by U.S. firms. Its databases include the Subsidy Tracker, which catalogues government grants, tax breaks, and other economic development subsidies received by companies, as well as data on corporate political spending and lobbying activity.

Creators: World Bank

The World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law (WBL) dataset measures legal protections and rights afforded to women across 190 economies, covering areas such as mobility, workplace rights, pay, marriage, parenthood, entrepreneurship, assets, and pension. The data spans over 50 years and enables cross-country comparisons of legal gender equality.

OECD Databases on Migration – International Migration Statistics

Creators: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Publication Date: 2026
Creators: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

The OECD Databases on Migration provide comprehensive cross-country statistics on international migration flows, stocks of foreign-born and foreign populations, naturalisations, and migrant integration indicators across OECD member and partner countries.

Safety Violations and Accident Data

Creators: U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
Publication Date: 2026
Creators: U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)

The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) publishes establishment-level data on mining safety inspections, violations, accidents, and injuries across U.S. mining operations. The dataset covers all active mines and provides detailed records on the nature, severity, and frequency of safety incidents and regulatory citations.

GDELT Project – Global Database of Events, Language and Tone

Creators: Kalev Leetaru
Publication Date: 2016-03-13
Creators: Kalev Leetaru

The GDELT (Global Database of Events, Language and Tone) Project monitors the world’s news media and provides real-time data on global events, actors, locations, and sentiment, covering over 100 languages and spanning decades of historical news coverage. It includes event-level data on political, social, and economic interactions between governments, organisations, and civil society.

Campaign Finance and Political Contribution Data

Creators: U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Publication Date: 2026
Creators: U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC)

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) provides public access to comprehensive data on U.S. campaign finance, including individual and corporate political contributions, political action committee (PAC) filings, and candidate expenditures. The data enables researchers to identify the political ideology and partisan affiliation of corporate executives based on their personal donation records.

Creators: U.S. Census Bureau

The U.S. Census Bureau’s Economic Census provides comprehensive establishment- and plant-level data on U.S. businesses across all major industries, covering output, employment, payroll, and industry-specific measures. Conducted every five years, it is one of the most detailed sources of microeconomic data on U.S. firms.

World Bank Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey

Creators: World Bank
Publication Date: 2019-10-15
Creators: World Bank

The World Bank’s Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey (BRSS) provides cross-country data on banking regulation and supervisory practices, covering topics such as bank powers, capital requirements, deposit insurance, supervisory authority, and market discipline. The survey spans over 180 countries across multiple waves.

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