Friendship Networks and Political Opinions Replication Data

This dataset supports replication of empirical results from the paper 'Friendship Networks and Political Opinions'. It was authored by Yann Algan and is hosted by Harvard Dataverse.

Use Cases

• Analyze the structure of friendship networks to understand social influence on political opinions.
• Replicate empirical models from the associated paper using the provided data and code.
• Study the relationship between network characteristics and individual political stances.

Strengths

• Data is directly linked to a published academic paper, providing clear context.
• Includes replication code alongside the data, facilitating reproducibility.
• Last updated on February 20, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Specific data schema, including column names, row count, and file formats, is unknown.
• The scope and sample size of the underlying study are not detailed in the provided input.
• Potential geographic or demographic biases of the original study are not specified.

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse

Collection Method

Data and code compiled for academic paper replication.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-02-20.