Reproducibility package for Using Post-Double Selection Lasso In Field Experiments

Replication Data for: The Value of Reference Letters (Abel, Burger, and Piraino 2020)

File location: external_data_code/AEJApplied/Abel et al 2020/. Original replication data and code for the underlying AEJ:Applied field experiment, redistributed as part of this deposit; re-analyzed to produce one of the 17 treatment-effect estimates in the meta-analytic dataset.

Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/231482/version/V1/view?path=/openicpsr/231482/fcr:versions/V1/LICENSE.txt&type=file#

https://www.aeaweb.org/journals/dataset?id=10.1257/app.20180666

Abel, Martin, Rulof Burger, and Patrizio Piraino. 2020. "Replication package for: The Value of Reference Letters: Experimental Evidence from South Africa." [dataset]. American Economic Association. https://www.aeaweb.org/journals/dataset?id=10.1257/app.20180666.

Replication Data for: Does Diversity Matter for Health? (Alsan, Garrick, and Graziani 2019)

File location: external_data_code/AER/Alsanetal2019/. Original replication data and code for the underlying AER field experiment, redistributed as part of this deposit; re-analyzed to produce one of the 17 treatment-effect estimates in the meta-analytic dataset.

Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.

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https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/231420/version/V1/view?path=/openicpsr/231420/fcr:versions/V1/LICENSE.txt&type=file#

https://doi.org/10.3886/E231420V1

Alsan, Marcella, Owen Garrick, and Grant Graziani. 2019. "Replication data for: Does Diversity Matter for Health? Experimental Evidence from Oakland." [dataset]. American Economic Association; Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. https://doi.org/10.3886/E231420V1.

Data and Code for: Upping the Ante (Andrabi et al. 2020)

File location: external_data_code/AER/Andrabietal2020/. Original replication data and code for the underlying AER field experiment, redistributed as part of this deposit; re-analyzed to produce one of the 17 treatment-effect estimates in the meta-analytic dataset.

Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.

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https://doi.org/10.3886/E118805V1

Andrabi, Tahir, Jishnu Das, Asim Khwaja, Selcuk Ozyurt, and Niharika Singh. 2020. "Data and Code for: Upping the Ante: The Equilibrium Effects of Unconditional Grants to Private Schools." [dataset]. American Economic Association; Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. https://doi.org/10.3886/E118805V1.

Data and Code for: Does Information Break the Political Resource Curse? (Armand et al. 2020)

File location: external_data_code/AER/Armandetal2020/. Original replication data and code for the underlying AER field experiment, redistributed as part of this deposit; re-analyzed to produce one of the 17 treatment-effect estimates in the meta-analytic dataset.

Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.

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https://doi.org/10.3886/E119785V1

Armand, Alex, Alexander Coutts, Pedro C. Vicente, and Inês Vilela. 2020. "Data and Code for: Does Information Break the Political Resource Curse? Experimental Evidence from Mozambique." [dataset]. American Economic Association; Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. https://doi.org/10.3886/E119785V1.

Data for: When Nature Calls Back (Augsburg et al. 2022)

File location: external_data_code/JDE/Augsburg et al/. Original replication data and code for the underlying JDE field experiment, redistributed as part of this deposit via Mendeley Data; re-analyzed to produce one of the 17 treatment-effect estimates in the meta-analytic dataset.

Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.

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https://doi.org/10.17632/95vgh7k4yk.1

Augsburg, Britta, Antonella Bancalari, Zara Durrani, Madhav Vaidyanathan, and Zach White. 2022. "When nature calls back: Sustaining behavioral change in rural Pakistan." [dataset]. Mendeley Data, V1. https://doi.org/10.17632/95vgh7k4yk.1.

Data and Code for: Teaching Labor Laws (Bertrand and Crépon 2021)

File location: external_data_code/AEJApplied/Bertrand et al 2021/. Original replication data and code for the underlying AEJ:Applied field experiment, redistributed as part of this deposit; re-analyzed to produce one of the 17 treatment-effect estimates in the meta-analytic dataset.

Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.

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https://doi.org/10.3886/E120311V1

Bertrand, Marianne, and Bruno Crépon. 2021. "Data and Code for: Teaching Labor Laws: Evidence From A Randomized Control Trial in South Africa." [dataset]. American Economic Association; Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. https://doi.org/10.3886/E120311V1.

Data and Code for: The Impacts of a Multifaceted Pre-natal Intervention (Carneiro et al. 2021, deposited under Rasul et al. 2021)

File location: external_data_code/AER/Carneiroetal2021/. Original replication data and code for the underlying AER field experiment, redistributed as part of this deposit; the openICPSR deposit is registered under the Rasul et al. (2021) citation. Re-analyzed to produce one of the 17 treatment-effect estimates in the meta-analytic dataset.

Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.

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https://doi.org/10.3886/E131421V1

Rasul, Imran. 2021. "Data and Code for: The Impacts of a Multifaceted Pre-natal Intervention on Human Capital Accumulation in Early Life." [dataset]. American Economic Association; Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. https://doi.org/10.3886/E131421V1.

Data and Code for: Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes (Dhar, Jain, and Jayachandran 2022)

File location: external_data_code/AER/Dharetal2022/. Original replication data and code for the underlying AER field experiment, redistributed as part of this deposit; re-analyzed to produce one of the 17 treatment-effect estimates in the meta-analytic dataset.

Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.

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https://doi.org/10.3886/E149882V1

Dhar, Diva, Tarun Jain, and Seema Jayachandran. 2022. "Data and Code for: Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India." [dataset]. American Economic Association; Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. https://doi.org/10.3886/E149882V1.

Replication Data for: Seeking the Treated (Fernando 2021)

File location: external_data_code/JDE/Fernando/. Original replication data and code for the underlying JDE field experiment; redistributed in this deposit with written email permission from the author (archived in permissions/Fernando_permission.pdf), rather than via a public repository. Author's original distribution point: Dropbox link https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/n57mxai01f8qgg6ppfld7/replication_package.zip?rlkey=m1ucxl9l0c2nq6pyddol2dtkw&e=1&dl=0. Re-analyzed to produce one of the 17 treatment-effect estimates in the meta-analytic dataset.

Data access was granted directly to the study authors by the data owners/managers. It was obtained with a custom data license and it is included in the reproducibility package.

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Fernando, A. Nilesh. 2021. "Replication data for: Seeking the treated: The impact of mobile extension on farmer information exchange in India." Journal of Development Economics 153: 102713.

Data and Code for: All Eyes on Them (Garbiras-Díaz and Montenegro 2022)

File location: external_data_code/AER/Garbiras-DíazandMontenegro2022/. Original replication data and code for the underlying AER field experiment, redistributed as part of this deposit; re-analyzed to produce one of the 17 treatment-effect estimates in the meta-analytic dataset.

Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.

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https://doi.org/10.3886/E160921V2

Garbiras-Díaz, Natalia, and Mateo Montenegro. 2024 [2022 publication]. "Data and Code for: All Eyes on Them: A Field Experiment on Citizen Oversight and Electoral Integrity." [dataset]. American Economic Association; Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. https://doi.org/10.3886/E160921V2.

Supplementary Data for: Environmental Effects of Development Programs (Heß, Jaimovich, and Schündeln 2021)

File location: external_data_code/JDE/Heß et al/. Original replication data and code for the underlying JDE field experiment, redistributed under Elsevier's journal supplementary-material policy (publicly downloadable from ScienceDirect); re-analyzed to produce one of the 17 treatment-effect estimates in the meta-analytic dataset.

Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.

Elsevier journal supplementary-material terms

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387821001085#appSB

Heß, Simon, Dany Jaimovich, and Matthias Schündeln. 2021. "Environmental effects of development programs: Experimental evidence from West African dryland forests." Journal of Development Economics 153: 102737. Supplementary data (Appendix A): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387821001085#appSB.

Data and Code for: Rational Habit Formation (Hussam et al. 2022)

File location: external_data_code/AER/Hussametal2022a/. Original replication data and code for the underlying AER field experiment, redistributed as part of this deposit; re-analyzed to produce one of the 17 treatment-effect estimates in the meta-analytic dataset.

Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.

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https://doi.org/10.3886/E117401V1

Hussam, Reshmaan, Natalia Rigol, Giovanni Reggiani, and Atonu Rabbani. 2022. "Data and Code for: Rational Habit Formation: Experimental Evidence From Handwashing In India." [dataset]. American Economic Association; Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. https://doi.org/10.3886/E117401V1.

Supplementary Data for: The Effects of Chess Instruction (Islam, Lee, and Nicholas 2021)

File location: external_data_code/JDE/Islam et al/. Original replication data and code for the underlying JDE field experiment, redistributed under Elsevier's journal supplementary-material policy (publicly downloadable from ScienceDirect); re-analyzed to produce one of the 17 treatment-effect estimates in the meta-analytic dataset.

Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.

Elsevier journal supplementary-material terms

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387820301905#appsec1

Islam, Asad, Wang-Sheng Lee, and Aaron Nicholas. 2021. "The Effects of Chess Instruction on Academic and Non-cognitive Outcomes: Field Experimental Evidence from a Developing Country." Journal of Development Economics. Supplementary data (Appendix A): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387820301905#appsec1.

Data and Code for: Does Patient Demand Contribute to the Overuse of Prescription Drugs? (Lopez, Sautmann, and Schaner 2022)

File location: external_data_code/AEJApplied/Lopez et al 2020/. Original replication data and code for the underlying AEJ:Applied field experiment, redistributed as part of this deposit; re-analyzed to produce one of the 17 treatment-effect estimates in the meta-analytic dataset.

Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.

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https://doi.org/10.3886/E126722V1

Lopez, Carolina, Anja Sautmann, and Simone Schaner. 2022. "Data and Code for: Does Patient Demand Contribute to the Overuse of Prescription Drugs?" [dataset]. American Economic Association; Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. https://doi.org/10.3886/E126722V1.

Data for: Information, Technology, and Market Rewards (Magnan et al. 2021)

File location: external_data_code/JDE/Magnan et al/. Original replication data and code for the underlying JDE field experiment, redistributed as part of this deposit via Mendeley Data; re-analyzed to produce one of the 17 treatment-effect estimates in the meta-analytic dataset.

Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.

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https://doi.org/10.17632/y3tys8bfrd.1

Magnan, Nicholas, Vivian Hoffmann, Nelson Opoku, Gissele Gajate Garrido, and Daniel Kanyam. 2021. "Data for: Information, Technology, and Market Rewards: Incentivizing Aflatoxin Control in Ghana." [dataset]. Mendeley Data, V1. https://doi.org/10.17632/y3tys8bfrd.1.

Data for: Using Household Grants to Benchmark Cost Effectiveness (McIntosh and Zeitlin 2025)

File location: external_data_code/JDE/McIntosh and Zeitlin/. Original replication data and code for the underlying JDE field experiment, redistributed as part of this deposit via a public OSF deposit; re-analyzed to produce one of the 17 treatment-effect estimates in the meta-analytic dataset.

Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.

No License

https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/YRH4E

McIntosh, Craig, and Andrew Zeitlin. 2025. "Using Household Grants to Benchmark the Cost Effectiveness of a USAID Workforce Readiness Program." Journal of Development Economics. OSF, September 2025. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/YRH4E.

Data and Code for: LinkedIn(to) Job Opportunities (Wheeler et al. 2022)

File location: external_data_code/AEJApplied/Wheeleretal2022/. Original replication data and code for the underlying AEJ:Applied field experiment, redistributed as part of this deposit; re-analyzed to produce one of the 17 treatment-effect estimates in the meta-analytic dataset.

Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.

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https://doi.org/10.3886/E125461V1

Wheeler, Laurel, Robert Garlick, Eric Johnson, Patrick Shaw, and Marissa Gargano. 2022. "Data and Code for: LinkedIn(to) Job Opportunities: Experimental Evidence from Job Readiness Training." [dataset]. American Economic Association; Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. https://doi.org/10.3886/E125461V1.

Authored/Derived Datasets for Meta-Analysis

File locations: derived_data/Dataset.xlsx, derived_data/dataset_updated.dta, derived_data/JournalCountData.dta. (1) Dataset.xlsx: authors' hand-built workbook, one sheet per study, containing re-estimated treatment effects from each of the 17 field-experiment papers; feeds dataset_updated.dta via Dofiles/1. Prepare data.do, with the column-letter to variable-name crosswalk documented in Dofiles/1a. rename.do. (2) dataset_updated.dta: cleaned analysis dataset of 743 treatment-effect estimates by 138 variables, derived by the authors from Dataset.xlsx; input to all main-text and appendix tables and figures. (3) JournalCountData.dta: original dataset compiled by the authors via manual full-text search of 10 journals for field-experiment papers using PDS Lasso, 2019-2025; input to Figure 1. All three are fully documented in codebook.md.

Data is included in the reproducibility package.

Cilliers, Jacobus, Nour Elashmawy, and David McKenzie. 2026. "Authored/Derived Datasets for Meta-Analysis of 17 Field Experiments" [dataset]. Authors' compilation, in Data and Code for: Using Post-Double Selection Lasso in Field Experiments.