Some Consequences of Having Too Little
Has this study been replicated?
The atlas records 2 replications of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 mixed, 1 failed. The earliest on record is from 2018.
Replications
- An exercise in self-replication: Replicating Shah, Mullainathan, and Shafir (2012), Shah et al. (2019). Journal of Economic Psychology. Outcome recorded: mixed.
First, with regard to the replication of Experiment 1, we find no evidence for the hypothesis that scarcity-induced focus leads to cognitive fatigue on subsequent tasks. Indeed, the results run opposite to our initial finding.
Outcome read from the abstract. View paper - Evaluating the replicability of social science experiments in Nature and Science between 2010 and 2015, Camerer et al. (2018). Nature Human Behaviour. Outcome recorded: failed.
Rep. s1+s2 = No: the pooled first-stage and replication-sample test fails to reach significance in the same direction as the original.
Outcome read from Supplementary Table 5. View paper
Cite this record
Shah, A. K., Mullainathan, S., & Shafir, E. (2012). Some Consequences of Having Too Little. Science, 338(6107), 682–685. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1222426
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