The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. The database contains the full text of NBER Working Papers in PDF format. Nearly 500 NBER working papers are published each year and NBER programs cover a wide range of topics including aging, asset pricing, children, corporate finance, developing countries, education, economic growth, health, industrial organization, international finance and trade, labour studies, monetary economics, productivity, and public economics.