Overview:

To explore the influence of broadband access on rural property values, this project evaluates the quality of CoreLogic property data, which is aggregated commercial and residential property data based on county tax assessments and property deeds. We are comparing American Community Survey estimates to CoreLogic counts and estimates for relevant housing variables. Property-level comparisons at the national level would not be possible without access to the underlying local data. We additionally focus on two Virginia counties for which we have local property-level data, Fairfax County and New Kent County, as case studies for additional data quality evaluations. This project will enable the Social and Decision Analytics team and other CoreLogic data users to learn about the strengths and limitations of CoreLogic data.

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Fellows:

Maddie Pickens

Maddie Pickens

Georgetown University, Data Science for Public Policy
 
 
 
 

Interns:

Morgan Klutzke

Morgan Klutzke

Indiana University, Psychology and Cognitive Science
 
 
 
 

Vatsala Ramanan

Vatsala Ramanan

Smith College, Quantitative Economics
 
 
 
 

Mentors:

Stephanie Shipp

Deputy Division Director and Research Professor (Project Lead), Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia

Devika Mahoney-Nair

Research Scientist, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia

Neil Alexander Kattampallil

Research Scientist, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia

Josh Goldstein

Associate Research Professor, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia

Aaron Schroeder

Associate Research Professor, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia

Stakeholder:

John Pender

Economist, USDA Economic Research Service, Rural Liaison, Rural Economy Branch