World War I Effects on Chinese Textile Industry Replication Data

A source of replication files for an academic paper analyzing the impact of World War I on the Chinese textile industry. It was authored by Cong Liu and last updated in February 2026. The specific row count, column structure, and file formats are not detailed in the available metadata.

Use Cases

• Replicate the econometric analysis from the paper 'The Effects of World War I on the Chinese Textile Industry' using the provided model specifications and data.
• Analyze historical textile industry variables, such as production output or trade figures, to study the war's economic effects.
• Validate the paper's conclusions by examining the underlying data on Chinese industrial performance during the World War I period.

Strengths

• Directly supports replication of a peer-reviewed academic study on a specific historical economic topic.
• Authored by a named researcher (Cong Liu) and associated with an academic data repository (ICPSR Harvested Dataverse).
• Dataset was last updated in February 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• The core data structure (rows, columns, sample data) is not described, preventing assessment of its scale and variables.
• Without access to the 'Readme' file, the specific data collection methodology and potential biases are unknown.
• As a replication package, the dataset's utility is tightly coupled with the original paper's research questions.

Provenance

Source

ICPSR Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Created as a replication package for an academic paper.

Time Range

Presumably covers the World War I period and surrounding years, but exact range is unspecified.

Freshness

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Geography

China, specifically its textile industry.