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NORC at the University Chicago

NORC Economics

Our Impact

We Investigate Work, Wealth & Markets

Our research helps reveal the financial needs and interests of individuals, communities, and organizations.

Expert View

Crime Policy Needs More Cost-Benefit Analysis, Including Harms to Victims

By John Roman

Crime Policy Needs More Cost-Benefit Analysis, Including Harms to Victims

Press Release

ChicagoSpeaks: New Community-Driven Survey Platform Capture Perspectives of Chicagoans

Press Release

NORC’s Live Crime Tracker Shows Major Crime Declines in 2024

CHICAGO, January 16, 2025 — According to new data from NORC at the University of Chicago’s Live Crime Tracker, crime rates declined substantially in 49 mid-sized and large U.S. cities in 2024.

NORC’s Live Crime Tracker Shows Major Crime Declines in 2024

Expert View

Data Are Foundational to Effective Firearms Violence Policy

By Asheley Van Ness

Data Are Foundational to Effective Firearms Violence Policy

Press Release

ChicagoSpeaks: New Community-Driven Survey Platform Capture Perspectives of Chicagoans

Press Release

EPOP:2024 Finds Personal Assets, Credit Cards Dominate Business Start-Up Funding

Projects

The General Social Survey

The most rigorous, widely used data on the attitudes, opinions, and behaviors of the American public

Client:

The National Science Foundation

Entrepreneurship in the Population (EPOP)

Tracking the U.S. population’s experiences with and interest in entrepreneurship and self-employment

Client:

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF)

The only fully representative source of data on the financial condition of US households

Client:

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Economics Projects