NBER Working Papers API
New NBER economics working papers as structured JSON - title, paper number, and link, newest first.
What this feed does
NBER working papers are where much of empirical economics lands first. This feed scrapes the newest-first NBER series index on IDEAS/RePEc and returns each paper as structured JSON - title, series number, and link.
Structured, not scraped-by-you
Clean JSON with stable field names - no HTML parsing, no selectors to maintain when the site changes.
Pay only for what you pull
No subscription. $0.005 per record via Apify's metered billing; a typical pull is cents.
Human + agent ready
Call it from cURL, Python, or JS - or hand it to an AI agent as an MCP tool.
Always the latest
Scraped from the official source on every run, so you never ship stale data.
What each record contains
Every result is a JSON object with these fields.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
title | string | Paper title. |
paper_number | string | NBER working-paper series number. |
url | string, URL | Link to the paper's IDEAS/RePEc page (abstract + download). |
Live sample
The most recent records, straight from the feed. Live sample - fetched at build time
Call it in one line
Runs the actor and returns the dataset. Swap in your Apify token.
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/zenolvepro~nber-working-papers/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("zenolvepro/nber-working-papers").call()
for row in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
print(row)import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('zenolvepro/nber-working-papers').call();
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);https://mcp.apify.com?tools=zenolvepro/nber-working-papers
Point any MCP-capable agent at this endpoint and the feed becomes a callable tool.
Who uses it
Research-intelligence tools, quant desks, grant consultants, and policy shops use it for monitoring, benchmarking, alerting, and enrichment.
Pricing
Billed through Apify. A tiny per-run start fee ($0.00005) applies. Only pay for records you actually pull.