fix(data): Fix wrong data entries, improve wording

02-data/processed/prelim/Ahumada2023.yml

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ observation:
     type: # 0 vertical / 1 horizontal
     indicator: # 0 absolute / 1 relative
     measures: political power
-    findings: more unequal distribution of 
+    findings: more unequal political power distribution hinders processes of collective organisation
     channels:
     direction: # -1 neg / 0 none / 1 pos
     significance: # 0 nsg / 1 msg / 2 sg

02-data/processed/prelim/Alexiou2023.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-author: Alexiou, C., & Trachanas, E. 
+author: Alexiou, C., & Trachanas, E.
 year: 2023
 title: "The impact of trade unions and government party orientation on income inequality: Evidence from 17 OECD economies"
 publisher: Journal of Economic Studies
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ observation:
     type: # 0 vertical / 1 horizontal
     indicator: # 0 absolute / 1 relative
     measures: Gini coeff
-    findings: unionization strongly related with decreasing income inequalityi; right-wing institutional contexts related with increased income inequality
+    findings: unionization strongly related with decreasing income inequality; right-wing institutional contexts related with increased income inequality
     channels: redistribution of political power under unions; weak unionization increases post-redistribution inequality
     direction: # -1 neg / 0 none / 1 pos
     significance: # 0 nsg / 1 msg / 2 sg
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ notes: PRELIMINARY EXTRACTION
 annotation: |
   A study on the effects of both political orientation of governments' parties and a country's trade unionization on its income inequality.
   It finds that, generally, strong unionization is strongly related to decreasing income inequality, most likely through a redistribution of political power through collective mobilization in national contexts of stronger unions.
-  It also suggests that in contexts of weaker unionization, post-redistribution income inequality is higher, thus also fostering unequal redistributive policies. 
+  It also suggests that in contexts of weaker unionization, post-redistribution income inequality is higher, thus also fostering unequal redistributive policies.
   Lastly, it finds positive relations between right-wing orientation of a country's government and its income inequality, with more mixed results for centrist governments pointing to potential fragmentations in their redistributive policy approaches.
   The study is mostly limited in not being able to account for individual drivers (or barriers) and can thus not disaggregate for the effects for example arbitration or collective bargaining.

02-data/processed/prelim/Ferguson2015.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-author: Ferguson, J.-P. 
+author: Ferguson, J.-P.
 year: 2015
 title: "The control of managerial discretion: Evidence from unionization’s impact on employment segregation"
 publisher: American Journal of Sociology
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ method:
 sample:
 unit:
 representativeness:
-causal: 1 # 0 correlation / 1 causal
+causal: 0 # 0 correlation / 1 causal
 
-theory: 
+theory:
 limitations: most of effects may be caused by unsobservables
 observation:
   - intervention: collective action (unionization)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ observation:
     type: 1 # 0 vertical / 1 horizontal
     indicator: 0 # 0 absolute / 1 relative
     measures: employment
-    findings: stronger unionization associated with more women and minorities in management, marginally significant
+    findings: stronger unionization associated with more women and minorities in management, but only marginally significant
     channels: possible self-selection into unionization
     direction: 1 # -1 neg / 0 none / 1 pos
     significance: 1 # 0 nsg / 1 msg / 2 sg
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ notes: PRELIMINARY EXTRACTION;
 annotation: |
   A study on the effects of a more unionized workforce in the United States, on the representation of women and minorities in the management of enterprises.
   It finds that while stronger unionization is associated both with more women and more minorities represented in the overall workforce and in management, this effect is only marginally significant.
-  Additionally, there are drivers which may be based on unobservables and not a direct effect --- 
+  Additionally, there are drivers which may be based on unobservables and not a direct effect ---
   it may be a selection effect of more unionized enterprises.
   It uses union elections as its base of analysis, and thus can not exclude self-selection effects of people joining more heavily unionized enterprises rather than unionization increasing representation in its conclusions.

02-data/processed/relevant/Debowicz2014.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ method: general equilibrium model, microeconometric simulation model
 sample: 30000
 unit: household
 representativeness: national
-causal: 1 # 0 correlation / 1 causal
+causal: 0 # 0 correlation / 1 causal
 
 theory: human capital theory
 limitations: analytical household-level limitations; no indirect cost-effects able to be accounted for; static model
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ observation:
     direction: -1
     significance: 2
 
-notes: study attempts to explictly account for spillover effects
+notes: study attempts to explictly account for spillover effects and capture conditionality for school attendance
 annotation: |
   A study looking at the impact of the cash transfer programme Oportunidades in Mexico, conditioned on a household's children school attendance, on income inequality among others.
   It finds that a combination of effects raises the average income of the poorest households by 23 percent.

02-data/processed/relevant/Li2022.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-author: Li, Y., & Sunder, N. 
+author: Li, Y., & Sunder, N.
 year: 2022
 title: Land inequality and workfare policies
 publisher: Journal of development studies
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ observation:
     direction: 1 # -1 neg / 0 none / 1 pos
     significance: 2 # 0 nsg / 1 msg / 2 sg
 
-notes: 
+notes:
 annotation: |
   A study on the effects of previous inequalities on the outcomes of a work programme in India intended to provide job opportunity equality for already disadvantages population.
   It specifically looks at the NREGA programme in India, and takes the land-ownership inequality measured through the Gini coefficient as its preceding inequality.[^nrega]
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@ annotation: |
   They suggest that in more inequally distributed channels the landlords can use a more unequal power structure to lobby and effect political power decreasing the effectiveness of the programmes,
   in addition to often reduced collective bargaining power on the side of labour in these districts.
   The results show the same trends for measurement of land inequality using the share of land owned by the top 10 per cent largest holdings instead.
-  
+
   [^nrega]: The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGA) is a workfare programme implemented in India, the largest of its kind, which seeks to provide 100 days of employment for each household per year. It was rolled out from 2005 over several phases until it reached all districts in India in 2008.

02-data/processed/relevant/Wang2016.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-author: Wang, J., & Van Vliet, O. 
+author: Wang, J., & Van Vliet, O.
 year: 2016
 title: "Social Assistance and Minimum Income Benefits: Benefit Levels, Replacement Rates and Policies Across 26 Oecd Countries, 1990-2009"
 publisher: European Journal of Social Security
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ discipline: economics
 
 country: global
 period: 1990-2009
-maxlength: 
+maxlength:
 targeting: implicit
 group: low-income
-data: World Bank CPI indicators; Penn World Table
+data: World Bank CPI indicators & Penn World Table; Social Assistance and Minimum Income Protection Dataset (Nelson, 2013)
 
 design: observational
 method: cross-country comparative analysis
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ representativeness: national
 causal: 0 # 0 correlation / 1 causal
 
 theory:
-limitations: data availability necessitated indicator construction for real minimum benefits and replacement rates
+limitations:  some effects may stem from exchange rate/PPP changes instead
 observation:
   - intervention: direct transfer (social assistance)
     institutional: 1
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ observation:
     indicator: 1  # 0 absolute / 1 relative
     measures: real wage; replacement rate
     findings: real benefit levels increased in most countries, benefit levels increasing more than consumer prices; income replacement rates mixed outcomes with decreases in some countries where real benefit levels increased
-    channels: bulk of increases comes from deliberate policy changes; benefit levels not linked to wages and policy changes not taking into account changes in wages
+    channels: bulk of increases comes from deliberate policy changes; but benefit levels not linked to wages and policy changes not taking into account changes in wages
     direction: 1 # -1 neg / 0 none / 1 pos
     significance: # 0 nsg / 1 msg / 2 sg
 
-notes:
+notes: due to data availability indicator for real minimum benefits and replacement rates could be constructed for 26 OECD countries
 annotation: |
-  An observational study on the levels of social assistance benefits and wages in a national comparative study within 26 developed countries.
+  An observational study on the levels of social assistance benefits and wages in a national comparative study within 26 OECD countries.
   It finds that real minimum income benefit levels generally increased in most countries from 1990 to 2009, with only a few countries, mostly in Eastern European welfare states, showing decreases during the time frame.
   The majority of changes in real benefit levels are from deliberate policy changes and the study calculates them by a comparison of the changes in benefit levels to the changes in consumer prices.
   Secondly, it finds that changes for income replacement rates are more mixed, with rates decreasing even in some countries which have increasing real benefits levels.