The social_insure
data contains data from Jai, De Janvry, and Saoudlet (2015) on a two-round social network-based experiment on getting farmers to get insurance. See the paper for more details.
social_insure
A data frame with 1410 rows and 13 variables
Natural village
Administrative village
Whether farmer ended up purchasing insurance. (1 = yes)
Household Characteristics - Age
Household Characteristics - Household Size
Area of Rice Production
Perceived Probability of Disasters Next Year
Household Caracteristics: Gender of Household Head (1 = male)
"Default option" in experimental format assigned to. (1 = default is to buy, 0 = default is to not buy)
Whether or not was assigned to "intensive" experimental session (1 = yes)
Risk aversion measurement
1 = literate, 0 = illiterate
Takeup rate prior to experiment
This data is used in the Instrumental Variables chapter of The Effect.
Huntington-Klein. 2021. The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality. https://theeffectbook.net.