{"type":"script","doc_desc":{"producers":[{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","abbr":"DECDI","affiliation":"World Bank - Development Impact Department","role":"Verification and preparation of metadata"}],"prod_date":"2026-02-23","version":"1"},"project_desc":{"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Yashodhan Ghorpade","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"yghorpade@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Jeffrey R. Bloem","affiliation":"International Food Policy Research Institute","email":"j.bloem@cgiar.org"},{"name":"Muhammad Saad Imtiaz","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"mimtiaz@worldbank.org"}],"title_statement":{"title":"Reproducibility package for Shaken, But Not Deterred: Acute Stressors And The Formation Of Hope And Aspirations Among Tertiary-Educated Youth In Myanmar In The Aftermath Of The 2025 Earthquake","idno":"RR_MMR_2025_534"},"data_statement":"Some data is not yet publicly available but is expected to be made available through the World Bank Microdata Library in the future.","software":[{"name":"Stata","version":"19.5 MP"}],"scripts":[{"title":"Reproducibility package for Shaken, But Not Deterred: Acute Stressors And The Formation Of Hope And Aspirations Among Tertiary-Educated Youth In Myanmar In The Aftermath Of The 2025 Earthquake","date":"2026-02","notes":"Computational reproducibility verified by Development Impact (DECDI) Analytics team, World Bank.","instructions":"See README in reproducibility package.","file_name":"RR_MMR_2025_534","zip_package":"RR_MMR_2025_534.zip","dependencies":"Stata dependencies are listed in the ado folder."}],"repository_uri":[{"name":"Reproducible Research Repository (World Bank)","uri":"https:\/\/reproducibility.worldbank.org"}],"production_date":"2026-02-23","abstract":"Although hope and aspirations are increasingly considered to be both intrinsically and instrumentally valuable, quantitative evidence on the formation of these factors is limited. Using data from a sample of educated youth in Myanmar, we document the relationship between various sources of chronic (i.e., ongoing and long-term) and acute (i.e., brief and intense) stressors with measures of hope and aspirations. We find that hope and aspirations are tightly linked with chronic stressors (i.e., low relative income and labor market mismatch), however, exposure to an acute stressor (i.e., a large and destructive earthquake) does not meaningfully influence hope and aspirations. These results are relevant to both development and emergency relief efforts that consider incorporating mental health into policy design and implementation. Our results suggest that policies that aim to address sources of chronic stress (e.g., poverty and employment outcomes), may have under-appreciated psychological benefits that complement standard economic benefits measured in the form of higher wages and employment outcomes. This further emphasizes the need to not lose track of development objectives that can mitigate the effects of chronic stressors, even when more acute shocks occur. Additionally, policy responses to emergency and disaster situations may be most effective if they focus on immediate material needs so that an acute stressor does not become a chronic stressor.","geographic_units":[{"name":"Myanmar","code":"MMR"}],"keywords":[{"name":"Hope"},{"name":"Aspirations"},{"name":"Shocks"},{"name":"Earthquake"},{"name":"Myanmar"}],"topics":[{"id":"I31","uri":"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/econlit\/jelCodes.php?view=jel","vocabulary":"Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)","name":"General Welfare, Well-Being  ","parent_id":"I3"},{"id":" D91","uri":"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/econlit\/jelCodes.php?view=jel","vocabulary":"Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)","name":"Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making","parent_id":"D9"}],"output":[{"type":"Working Paper","description":"Policy Research Working Papers (PRWP)","title":"Shaken, But Not Deterred: Acute Stressors And The Formation Of Hope And Aspirations Among Tertiary-Educated Youth In Myanmar In The Aftermath Of The 2025 Earthquake"}],"language":[{"name":"English","code":"EN"}],"technology_requirements":"Runtime: 2 minutes.","disclaimer":"The materials in the reproducibility packages are distributed as they were prepared by the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development\/The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this event do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, the Executive Directors of the World Bank, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the materials included in the reproducibility package.","license":[{"name":"Modified BSD3","uri":"https:\/\/opensource.org\/license\/bsd-3-clause\/"}],"contacts":[{"name":"Yashodhan Ghorpade","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"yghorpade@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"reproducibility@worldbank.org"}],"reproduction_instructions":"To reproduce the findings, a new user needs to:\n1. Adjust the file path in the `0_master_do_file.do` do-file.\n2. 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This dataset serves as the starting point of the reproducibility package and will be deposited in the World Bank Microdata Library. Users will be able to reproduce the full set of analytical results using this published dataset.","access_type":"Data is forthcoming on the World Bank Microdata Library."}]},"tags":[{"tag":"Accessible Data"},{"tag":"DOI"},{"tag":"Open Code"}],"schematype":"script"}