Data and Code for: "Universalism: Global Evidence"

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Alexander Cappelen, Norwegian School of Economics; Benjamin Enke, Harvard University. Department of Economics; Bertil Tungodden, Norwegian School of Economics

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Project Citation: 

Cappelen, Alexander, Enke, Benjamin, and Tungodden, Bertil. Data and Code for: “Universalism: Global Evidence.” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2025. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-12-29. https://doi.org/10.3886/E205581V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This paper leverages nationally representative surveys across 60 countries and 64,000 respondents to present novel stylized facts about the relationship-specific nature of altruism. Across individuals, universalist preferences systematically vary with demographics such as age and religiosity, and are predictive of many left-wing political views, albeit in culturally highly heterogeneous ways. Across countries, universalism is strongly linked to a broader radius of trust. Looking at origins, universalism varies with the economic, political and religious organization of societies in ways that are consistent with the idea that the scope of altruism is partly shaped by economic incentives and democracy.

This repository contains code and data to reproduce the results contained in the paper.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Research Council of Norway (262675, 236995, 250415)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms universalism; culture; political economy
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D01 Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
      D70 Analysis of Collective Decision-Making: General
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage 60 countries
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 9/1/2020 – 3/1/2022
Universe:  View help for Universe Nationally representative sample in 60 different countries. Samples are representative of adult population > 18 years of age
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) experimental data; program source code; survey data

Methodology

Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Individual and country level

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