Kentucky
The Kentucky RDC (KRDC) is located in the Gatton College of Business and Economics on the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington. KRDC is a collaboration between the University of Kentucky and the U.S. Census Bureau and includes consortium partners Indiana University and The Ohio State University. The mission of KRDC is to expand the data infrastructure available to qualified scholars and students at consortium institutions with approved projects by providing access to restricted-use data made available from participating federal statistical agencies.
Executive Director
Lala Ma is an Associate Professor and the Carl F. Pollard Professor of Health Economics in the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky, and a University Fellow at Resources for the Future. Her research focuses on estimating the values placed on avoiding pollution and disaster risks as assessed through housing markets and health impacts. She also has interests in how economic markets potentially contribute to the distribution of environmental quality.
Contact Information
Carlos Lopes, PhD, Administrator
Kentucky Research Data Center
University of Kentucky
Gatton College, Suite 125H
550 South Limestone Street
Lexington, Kentucky 40506
Phone: 859-323-7075
Email: [email protected]
Partner Institutions
The operation of each Federal Statistical Research Data Center (RDC) is supported by both the Census Bureau and RDC partner institutions. Some RDC partner institutions form consortiums to share the operational costs of the RDC and may waive user fees for their affiliates. Several RDCs have built branch locations to reduce the cost of researchers commuting to the core location while still maintaining the identical stringent information technology and physical security requirements.
RDC Website
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