Survey Data on Open Government Information and Institutional Trust in China

Li, Handi's replication data supports a study on transparency and social stability in China. The dataset contains codes and survey data from online and field experiments about land-taking compensation. It enables replication of all empirical results presented in the associated paper.

Use Cases

• Replicate survey experiment results analyzing the effect of open government information (OGI) on citizens' preference for legal institutions.
• Analyze the relationship between policy transparency data and citizens' perceived fairness of institutions in resolving grievances.
• Examine the mechanisms by which policy information redirects popular discontent from protest to institutional channels.

Strengths

• Data is directly linked to a peer-reviewed study published in World Politics Dataverse.
• Includes all necessary codes and data to replicate the paper's empirical results and appendix findings.
• Based on a combination of online and in-the-field survey experiments, providing methodological diversity.

Limitations

• The dataset's specific structure, including row count, column names, and file formats, is not described in the provided input.
• Geographic scope is limited to the Chinese case, limiting generalizability to other authoritarian contexts.
• The data's age and temporal coverage are not specified, which may affect relevance for contemporary analysis.

Provenance

Source

World Politics Dataverse

Collection Method

Data and codes collected for replication of a study using online and in-the-field survey experiments.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

China