Summary information

Study title

A behavioural economic analysis of agricultural investment decisions in Uganda

Creator

Verschoor, A, University of East Anglia
D'Exelle, B, University of East Anglia
Clist, P, University of East Anglia
Perez-Viana Martinez, B, University of East Anglia

Study number / PID

851863 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-851863 (DOI)

Data access

Open

Series

Not available

Abstract

The collection contains four sets of data files and related questionnaires and experimental scripts, preceded by three files that contextualise the data. The file "project overview.pdf" describes the project aims, how the data was collected, main findings and outputs such as publications and presentations. The file "Consent procedure.docx" describes how we elicited informed consent from research participants for collecting, archiving and sharing the data.The file "readme.txt" contains an index of all data files. Note that each of the four data sets is in a zipped folder. Each of the folders contains a file with the instructions and/or questionnaires for participants, as well as all relevant data files. All data files are self-explanatory, i.e. have variable and value labels. 1. The files "Probability weighting and subjective probabilities (data and scripts)" contain experimental data for common consequence ladders (probability weighting) and tempting fate and fatalism experiments (subjective probabilities). The scripts used for the three experiments are provided and serve as a guide to the data. 2. The files "Nature's frames experiment data and script" contain the data for a test of reference-dependent utility theory. The script used in the experiment is provided and serves as a guide to the data. 3. The files "Risk pooling experiment data and script" contain the data for a risk sharing experiment (with a focus on implications for risky investment behaviour). The script used in the experiment is provided and serves as a guide to the data. 4. The files "Household survey (data and questionnaire" contain the data for the household survey that accompanied the experiments; the questionnaire is provided too. The variable "token" is the unique ID that may be used for linking the household survey data and the experimental data.Farmers in developing countries operate in extraordinarily hazardous environments. Policies that aim to increase agricultural productivity in such...
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Topics

Methodology

Data collection period

20/02/2012 - 19/02/2015

Country

Uganda

Time dimension

Not available

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Not available

Sampling procedure

Not available

Kind of data

Numeric

Data collection mode

The data collection process comprised (1)lab-in-the-field experiments and a (2)household survey. A multistage sampling procedure was used to obtain a sample of 1,803 participants in the experiments and accompanying household survey. The selection of villages as well as individuals was done randomly.

Funding information

Grant number

ES/J008893/1

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

2015

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to any user without the requirement for registration for download/access.

Related publications

Not available