Toward a science of delivering aid with dignity: Experimental evidence and local forecasts from Kenya

Catherine Thomas, Nicholas Otis, Justin Abraham, Hazel Markus, and Gregory Walton

This is a public repository containing replication files for “Toward a science of delivering aid with dignity: Experimental evidence and local forecasts from Kenya”. Experimental data was collected using questionnaires programmed in Qualtrics. Results published in the manuscript and appendix were analyzed using R-3.6.2. To replicate data analysis, first open empower-aid.Rproj in the root directory. Run Study1.r to produce results for Study 1 in Kenya, Study2.r to produce forecasting results in Study 2, and Study3.r for Study 3 in the US.

Contents

• data/: Folder containing individual data.
  • KenyaData.Rdata contains all of the variables used for empirical analysis for Study 2.
  • USData.Rdata contains all of the variables used for empirical analysis for Study 3.
• doc/: Folder containing tables published in the manuscript and appendix.
  • S1_appendix.docx is an RTF file which includes all of the tables related to Study 1.
  • S2_appendix.docx is an RTF file which includes the forecasting regression in Study 2.
  • S3_appendix.docx is an RTF file which includes all of the tables related to Study 3.
• graphics/: Folder containing figures published in the manuscript and appendix.
  • Figure1.png
  • Figure2.png
  • FigureS1.png
  • FigureS2.png
  • FigureS3.png
• r/: Folder containing source code for analyzing data and producing tables and figures.
  • Study1.r is the source code for Study 1 that takes the Kenyan data and outputs clean data, tables of results, and figures.
  • Study2.r is the source code for Study 2 that takes uses the Kenyan data to produce forecasting results and figures.
  • Study3.r is the source code for Study 3 that takes the US data and outputs clean data, tables of results, and figures.
  • Funs.r loads user-defined functions used in the data analysis.