NBER Working Papers and Data API

Overview

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is the leading U.S. economics research organization, publishing 1,200+ working papers annually by top economists. NBER papers are among the most cited in economics. The website provides structured JSON API access to working papers and macroeconomic datasets. Free metadata access; some full text requires subscription.

API last verified: 2026-04-23. RSS feeds (/papers.rss) and the old query-param API (?q=... without /search path) are defunct. Use the endpoints below.

Working Papers Search API

Base URL: https://www.nber.org/api/v1/working_page_listing/contentType/working_paper

Search all papers

# Search working papers (returns JSON)
curl "https://www.nber.org/api/v1/working_page_listing/contentType/working_paper/_/_/search?page=1&perPage=20&q=inflation+expectations"