Replication Data for: Homo cooperans: Understanding the nature of human cooperation (doi:10.60507/FK2/YIWR09)

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Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: Homo cooperans: Understanding the nature of human cooperation

Identification Number:

doi:10.60507/FK2/YIWR09

Distributor:

bonndata

Date of Distribution:

2026-06-01

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1

Bibliographic Citation:

Falk, Armin; Boneva, Teodora; Andre, Peter; Chopra, Felix, 2026, "Replication Data for: Homo cooperans: Understanding the nature of human cooperation", https://doi.org/10.60507/FK2/YIWR09, bonndata, V1

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: Homo cooperans: Understanding the nature of human cooperation

Identification Number:

doi:10.60507/FK2/YIWR09

Authoring Entity:

Falk, Armin (University of Bonn)

Boneva, Teodora (University of Bonn)

Andre, Peter (Goethe University Frankfurt)

Chopra, Felix (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Falk, Armin

Software used in Production:

Stata

Software used in Production:

R

Software used in Production:

Python

Distributor:

bonndata

Access Authority:

Falk, Armin

Depositor:

Falk, Armin

Date of Deposit:

2026-05-15

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.60507/FK2/YIWR09

Study Scope

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Social Sciences

Abstract:

This dataset contains the data and replication code for the paper "Homo cooperans: Understanding the nature of human cooperation", published in Science. Summary: Using globally representative data from an incentivized two-player cooperation experiment conducted in 125 countries (N = 101,123), we assess the extent of human cooperation and study its individual determinants. Across the globe, about two-thirds of people choose to cooperate. The decision to cooperate is significantly shaped by cooperation beliefs, injunctive norms, and preferences. Effect sizes of these determinants vary across countries, a variation that is systematically associated with historical and cultural markers. Globally, people underestimate others’ willingness to cooperate — humans are more cooperative than they believe. A simple information treatment reduces misperceptions and causally increases cooperation.

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<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">CC BY 4.0</a>

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Citation

Title:

Peter Andre and Teodora Boneva and Felix Chopra and Armin Falk, Homo cooperans: Understanding the nature of human cooperation. Science392,eaec9483(2026).

Identification Number:

10.1126/science.aec9483

Bibliographic Citation:

Peter Andre and Teodora Boneva and Felix Chopra and Armin Falk, Homo cooperans: Understanding the nature of human cooperation. Science392,eaec9483(2026).

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homo_cooperans.zip

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README_homo_cooperans.pdf

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