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ECIN Replication Package for "Adding Race and Ethnicity to Microeconomic Databases: An Assessment of Alternative Options"

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Keith Ihlanfeldt, Florida State University; Luke Rodgers, Florida State University; Cynthia Yang, Florida State University

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Project Citation:

Ihlanfeldt, Keith, Rodgers, Luke, and Yang, Cynthia. ECIN Replication Package for “Adding Race and Ethnicity to Microeconomic Databases: An Assessment of Alternative Options.” Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-07-30. https://doi.org/10.3886/E229541V2

Project Description

Summary: Estimating differences between racial/ethnic groups often requires merging demographic variables from one dataset to variables of interest in another. A common method merges Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data to property databases. One alternative is to acquire this information from voter registration files; another is to predict race with a name-based algorithm. Compared to Census data, which method is more representative varies by location and group. We explore the practical implications of each method by using the matched samples in two empirical applications. Researchers can arrive at different conclusions about racial/ethnic disparities depending on the method selected.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: property tax; voter registration; property assessment; racial disparities; housing prices; hedonic regression; race imputation

JEL Classification:
      C81 Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access
      G21 Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
      H71 State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
      J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
      R30 Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location: General

Manuscript Number: ECIN-Dec-2023-0569

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