Undergraduate Research & Scholarships

Jeremy Holl

Record Linkage of Honduran Property Records

While Honduran public property records can be accessed individually online, right now there is no publicly available complete dataset of such records with which to conduct analysis. Using existing public records, my mentor and I have created a database of Honduran property records. This summer, my work will focus on linking and reconciling records, deduplicating entries, and establishing checks for data quality and unique keys. I intend to refine this dataset with the ultimate goal to better understand property and wealth distribution in Honduras. I also hope to gain insights about public outcomes, including building permits, mortgages, and land use.

Message To Sponsor

Thank you for your support this summer. It is an incredible opportunity to work with this kind of government data, and the experience directly ties into my long-term goal to construct datasets for public benefit. I am excited to contribute to this important project as I grow my own research abilities.