中国社会科学院经济研究所,是由20世纪20年代成立的两家研究机构经过改组、合并、更名,几经变迁发展而来。1926年7月,中华教育文化基金董事会(中基会)接受纽约社会宗教研究院捐款专供社会调查之用,在北平成立社会调查部,聘陶孟和为秘书,专办社会调查部。三年捐款期满后,1929年7月中基会将调查 Institute of Economic Research, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, was founded in the 1920s after the two research institutes were reorganized, merged, renamed and developed through several changes. In July 1926, the board of directors of the China Education and Culture Fund (CBRC) received a donation from the New York Institute of Social and Religious Studies for social investigation. It established a social investigation department in Peking and engaged Tao Menghe as secretary and a social investigation department. After the expiration of the three-year contribution, the Central Foundation will investigate in July 1929