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Replication Data for: Measuring Networks in the Field
No full textNetwork tie data from eight villages. Six are from Banerjee, Abhijit;Chandrasekhar, Arun G.;Duflo, Esther;Jackson, Matthew O., 2013, "The Diffusion of Microfinance" and two are from Larson, Jennifer;Lewis, Janet, 2016, "Ethnic Networks." Code simulates sampling from all eight, computes network statistics for each sampled node, and compares the value to the truth. Produces plots comparing the rank correlation of different network statistics in the sample and the population for all eight networks
Replication Data for: Measuring Networks in the Field
No full textNetwork tie data from eight villages. Six are from Banerjee, Abhijit;Chandrasekhar, Arun G.;Duflo, Esther;Jackson, Matthew O., 2013, "The Diffusion of Microfinance" and two are from Larson, Jennifer;Lewis, Janet, 2016, "Ethnic Networks." Code simulates sampling from all eight, computes network statistics for each sampled node, and compares the value to the truth. Produces plots comparing the rank correlation of different network statistics in the sample and the population for all eight networks
Replication Data for: Ethnic Networks
No full textActive research on a wide range of political contexts centers on ethnicity’s role in collective action. Many theories posit that information flows more easily in ethnically homogeneous areas, facilitating collective action, because social networks among co- ethnics are denser. Although this characterization is ubiquitous, little empirical work assesses it. Through a novel field experiment in a matched pair of villages in rural Uganda, this paper directly examines word-of-mouth information spread and its relationship to ethnic diversity and networks. As expected, information spread more widely in the homogeneous village. However, unexpectedly, the more diverse village’s network is significantly denser. Using unusually detailed network data, we offer an explanation for why network density may hamper information dissemination in heterogeneous areas, showing why even slight hesitation to share information with people from other groups can have large aggregate effects
Replication Data for: Testing Social Science Network Theories with Online Network Data: An Evaluation of External Validity
No full textBisbee and Larson replication data from an MTurk study comparing online and offline social network ties and code to reproduce all analyses
Replication Data for: Testing Social Science Network Theories with Online Network Data: An Evaluation of External Validity
No full textBisbee and Larson replication data from an MTurk study comparing online and offline social network ties and code to reproduce all analyses
Replication Data for: Ethnic Networks
No full textActive research on a wide range of political contexts centers on ethnicity’s role in collective action. Many theories posit that information flows more easily in ethnically homogeneous areas, facilitating collective action, because social networks among co- ethnics are denser. Although this characterization is ubiquitous, little empirical work assesses it. Through a novel field experiment in a matched pair of villages in rural Uganda, this paper directly examines word-of-mouth information spread and its relationship to ethnic diversity and networks. As expected, information spread more widely in the homogeneous village. However, unexpectedly, the more diverse village’s network is significantly denser. Using unusually detailed network data, we offer an explanation for why network density may hamper information dissemination in heterogeneous areas, showing why even slight hesitation to share information with people from other groups can have large aggregate effects
Replication Data for: Reducing Prejudice toward Refugees: Evidence That Social Networks Influence Attitude Change in Uganda
No full textInterventions aimed at reducing prejudice towards refugees have shown promise in industrialized countries. However, the vast majority of refugees are in developing countries. Moreover, while these interventions focus on individual attitude change, attitudes often do not shift in isolation; people are embedded in rich social networks. We conducted a field experiment in northwestern Uganda (host to over a million refugees) and find that perspective-taking warmed individual attitudes there in the short-term. We also find that the treatment effect spills over from treated households to control ones along social ties, that spillovers can be positive or negative depending on the source, and that peoples' attitudes change based on informal conversations with others in the network after the treatment. The findings show the importance of understanding the social process that can reinforce or unravel individual-level attitude change towards refugees; it appears essential to designing interventions with a lasting effect on attitudes
Linking Perspectives: A Field Experiment on the Role of Multi-Layer Networks in Refugee Information Sharing
No full textThe social networks that interconnect groups of people are often ``multi-layered"-- comprised of a variety of relationships and interaction types. Although researchers increasingly acknowledge the presence of multiple layers and even measure them separately, little is known about whether and how different layers function differently. We conducted a field experiment in twelve villages in rural Uganda that measured real multi-layer social networks and then tracked their use in response to new, discussion-provoking information about refugees. We find that people who received our information treatment discussed refugees with more people, their discussion partners tended to be neighbors in the multi-layer network, and they used most of the layers to do so. Treatment kicked off conversations throughout the villages that also included control respondents; treated and control both selected discussion partners from their networks who shared their attitudes towards refugees and were particularly interested in the subject
Heading Home Hennepin [An Analysis of Shelter Use and Intervention Points]
No full text"Professional paper for the fulfillment of the[Degree Program] degree""Executive Summary"Edwards, Ashley; Hyk, Jennifer; Kendall, Amelia; Larson, Jennifer; Negash, Tesfaye. (2010). Heading Home Hennepin [An Analysis of Shelter Use and Intervention Points]. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/62120
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