An Internet-Based Data Set of Prices and Characteristics of Dwelling in Colombia

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/economia/a.7768

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Published: Apr 10, 2019
Issue: Vol. 22 No. 1 (2019)
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Keywords: Data science web scraping.

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Jeisson Arley Cárdenas Rubio
Institute for Employment Research University of Warwick, Reino Unido.
Francisco José Chaux Guzmán
Facultad de Economía Universidad del Rosario, Colombia.
Jesús Otero
Facultad de Economía Universidad del Rosario, Colombia.

Abstract

This paper illustrates the use of data science tools to retrieve and analyze Internet data on dwelling prices and characteristics in the housing markets of the main Colombian cities. We expect that this new data set may become a useful tool for the analysis of the evolution of housing markets in our country.

How to Cite
Cárdenas Rubio, J. A., Chaux Guzmán, F. J., & Otero, J. (2019). An Internet-Based Data Set of Prices and Characteristics of Dwelling in Colombia. Revista Economía Del Rosario, 22(1), 75–100. https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/economia/a.7768
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