Replication Data fo Chapter 3: The effect of Weather Index Insurance on social capital - Evidence from rural Ethiopia
<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|> You are a research archivist expert in dataset metadata. Answer the question truthfully.  <|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|> Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'This study examines the impact of Weather Index Insurance (WII) on social capital.We measure social capital using a lab-in-the-field experiment and relate it to the actualpurchase of WII. To account for the non-random uptake of WII, we use an instrumental variable approach. We find that WII crowds out social capital - insured householdscontribute significantly less to the public good than uninsured households. Our findings from the experiment are corroborated using real-life measures of social capital,including informal transfers to fellow villagers and financial contributions to community projects. We find support for two channels underlying these results: (i) WIIcreates positive externalities on uninsured households, which induces them to free-ride. Anticipating this, insured households respond by lowering their investment' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|> {"Answer" : ["Ethiopia","free-riding","self-sufficiency","social capital","Weather Index Insurance (WII)"]} <|eot_id|>
 Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'This study examines the impact of Weather Index Insurance (WII) on social capital.We measure social capital using a lab-in-the-field experiment and relate it to the actualpurchase of WII. To account for the non-random uptake of WII, we use an instrumental variable approach. We find that WII crowds out social capital - insured householdscontribute significantly less to the public good than uninsured households. Our findings from the experiment are corroborated using real-life measures of social capital,including informal transfers to fellow villagers and financial contributions to community projects. We find support for two channels underlying these results: (i) WIIcreates positive externalities on uninsured households, which induces them to free-ride. Anticipating this, insured households respond by lowering their investment' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.
This study examines the impact of Weather Index Insurance (WII) on social capital.We measure social capital using a lab-in-the-field experiment and relate it to the actualpurchase of WII. To account for the non-random uptake of WII, we use an instrumental variable approach. We find that WII crowds out social capital - insured householdscontribute significantly less to the public good than uninsured households. Our findings from the experiment are corroborated using real-life measures of social capital,including informal transfers to fellow villagers and financial contributions to community projects. We find support for two channels underlying these results: (i) WIIcreates positive externalities on uninsured households, which induces them to free-ride. Anticipating this, insured households respond by lowering their investment
Ethiopia; free-riding; self-sufficiency; social capital; Weather Index Insurance (WII)