Replication Data for 'In Their Shoes: Empathy Through Information

Replication data and programs for the academic paper 'In Their Shoes: Empathy Through Information' by Andries, Bursztyn, Chaney, Djourelova, and Imas. The dataset is hosted on The Quarterly Journal of Economics Dataverse and was last updated on 2026-06-27. It is intended to replicate the tables and figures from the published study.

Use Cases

• Replicate statistical analyses based on the data and programs provided.
• Verify the figures and tables from the published study 'In Their Shoes: Empathy Through Information'.
• Conduct secondary analysis on empathy and information effects using the underlying data.

Strengths

• Directly supports replication of a peer-reviewed study published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics.
• Includes both data and programs, facilitating reproducibility of the original results.

Limitations

• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

The Quarterly Journal of Economics Dataverse

Collection Method

Data and programs created for replicating the academic paper.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 15:48:40; freshness should be verified.