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land_experiment: Replication dataset from Horowitz and Klaus (2020)

Description

Horowitz, J., Klaus, K. "Can Politicians Exploit Ethnic Grievances? An Experimental Study of Land Appeals in Kenya." Political Behavior 42, 35–58 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-018-9485-1

Usage

land_experiment

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 375 rows and 9 variables:

support

Support for the hypothetical candidate making the appeal

land_insecure

Moderator of interest measuring if the respondent is land insecure

treat_comb

Treatment indicator for land-based appeals

prepost

Indicator for if the moderator was measured before (0) or after(1) treatment

age

Age of the respondent

female

Indicator for if the respondent identifies as female

close_own

Indicator for if the respondent feels close to their own ethnic group

educ

Level of education (1=no schooling, 2 = some primary, 3 = complete primary, 4 = some secondary, 5 = completed secondary, 6 = college, 7 = some university, 8 = completed university)

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treat

Original treatment variable indicating control (0),land-based appeal (1), and land- and ethnic-based appeals (2).

Details

A dataset containing the results of an experimental study of political appeals about land greivances on candidate support in Kenya