The Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF) is a project that harmonizes and maintains cross nation data for researchers across the world.
Current CNEF organization contains data from general population household-based panel surveys fielded in 9 countries, namely Australia, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Korea, Russia, Switzerland and the United States.
[2] The CNEF is currently managed by Dean Lillard at the Department of Human Sciences of Ohio State University.
The harmonized data can be used individually or collectively by researchers to compare social and economic outcomes over time and across different countries.
By utilizing a cross-national design, researchers can investigate whether variations in observed outcomes are attributable to differences in policies, social conditions, and economic contexts across nations.