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Nov 22, 2022
Becker, Christoph K.; Trautmann, Stefan T., 2022, "Does Happiness Increase in Old Age? Longitudinal Evidence from 20 European Countries [Dataset]", https://doi.org/10.11588/data/CVMANS, heiDATA, V1
Several studies indicate that happiness follows a U-shape over the life cycle: Happiness decreases after the teenage years until reaching its nadir in middle age. A similar number of studies views the U-shape critically, stating that it is the result of the wrong controls or the... |
Jun 3, 2022
Oechssler, Jörg; Reischmann, Andreas; Sofianos, Andis, 2022, "The conditional contribution mechanism for repeated public goods - The general case [Data & Replication package]", https://doi.org/10.11588/data/ZPTF1X, heiDATA, V1
We present a new and simple mechanism for repeated public good environments. In the Conditional Contribution Mechanism (CCM), agents send two messages of the form, “I am willing to contribute x units to the public good if in total y units are contributed.” This mechanism offers a... |
Diekert, Florian; Eymess, Tillmann; Waichman, Israel; Luomba, Joseph, 2022, "The Creation of Social Norms under Weak Institutions [Data and Replication Package]", https://doi.org/10.11588/data/XZI4RP, heiDATA, V1, UNF:6:H5X8w9DFjOePTOLLHlIDqw== [fileUNF]
These data, code, and documents replicate all analyses in "The Creation of Social Norms under Weak Institutions?" by Florian Diekert, Tillmann Eymess, Joseph Luomba, and Israel Waichman, in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (JAERE). |
Apr 8, 2022
Fehr, Dietmar; Rau, Hannes; Trautmann, Stefan T.; Yilong, Xu, 2022, "Inequality, fairness and social capital [Dataset]", https://doi.org/10.11588/data/QV5HAH, heiDATA, V1, UNF:6:0WCVNazM/mTrcTb4wo/FZQ== [fileUNF]
Inequality is often associated with negative societal consequences, but identifying a causal relationship is a daunting task. We provide evidence on the impact of unjust economic inequality on social interactions. Using a large-scale controlled experiment, we document that unjust... |
Jan 25, 2022
Trautmann, Stefan T.; Xu, Yilong; König‑Kersting, Christian; Patenaude, Bryan N.; Harling, Guy; Sié, Ali; Bärnighausen, Till, 2022, "Value of statistical life year in extreme poverty: a randomized experiment of measurement methods in rural Burkina Faso [Dataset]", https://doi.org/10.11588/data/WPWTWE, heiDATA, V1
Background: Value of a Statistical Life Year (VSLY) provides an important economic measure of an individual’s trade‑off between health risks and other consumption, and is a widely used policy parameter. Measuring VSLY is complex though, especially in low‑income and low‑literacy c... |
Diekert, Florian; Schaap, Robbert-Jan; Eymess, Tillmann, 2022, "NATCOOP dataset", https://doi.org/10.11588/data/GV8NBL, heiDATA, V1, UNF:6:3YvGZs4Tn05DRKwdxpNhwA== [fileUNF]
The NATCOOP project set out to study how nature shapes the preferences and incentives of economic agents and how this in turn affects common-pool resource management. Imagine a group of fishermen targeting a species that requires a lot of teamwork to harvest. Do these fishers bec... |
