ridership and public transit expansion
Project Description
This project will investigate the effects of public transit expansion in the U.S. and how it may affect ridership and commuting patterns of residents.
Supervisor
WANG Wen
Quota
3
Course type
UROP1100
UROP2100
UROP3100
UROP4100
Applicant's Roles
- The applicants are expected to work on data cleaning and data analysis using Excel, STATA, R under supervision.
- Collect information and data about urbanization and transportation.
- Implement empirical methods to do analysis.
Applicant's Learning Objectives
The applicant will get an opportunity to develop his ability to clean data, analyze them and investigate public transit systems and urbanization. He will gain considerable knowledge and techniques of applied economic research under the supervisor's guidance.
Complexity of the project
Moderate