Streaming for this event will be starting shortly at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FQ-TtTCdJo
On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Aaron Halfaker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey folks, > > This month we're holding a special edition of the Research and Data > showcase > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Analytics/Research_and_Data/Showcase>. > We've invited Dr. Yan Chen, Professor from the UMuch iSchool to present her > work studying community dynamics with Kiva (micro-lending platform) and > what her results might imply for Wikimedia's sites. To take advantage of > her travel schedule, we'll be holding the event on *Friday** November 14 > at 11.30 PST (UTC-8) *rather than the usually 3rd Wednesday. The event > will be live streamed and recorded as usual. You can join the conversation > via IRC on freenode.net in the the #wikimedia-research channel. > > We look forward to seeing you there, > > -Aaron > > *Does Team Competition Increase Pro-Social Lending? Evidence from Online > Microfinance.*By Yan Chen <http://yanchen.people.si.umich.edu/>In the > first half of the talk, I will present our empirical analysis of the > effects of team competition on pro-social lending activity on Kiva.org, the > first microlending website to match lenders with entrepreneurs in > developing countries. Using naturally occurring field data, we find that > lenders who join teams contribute 1.2 more loans per month than those who > do not. Furthermore, teams differ in activity levels. To investigate this > heterogeneity, we run a field experiment by posting forum messages. > Compared to the control, we find that lenders from inactive teams make > significantly more loans when exposed to a goal-setting message and that > team coordination increases the magnitude of this effect.In the second > part of the talk, I will discuss a randomized field experiment we did in > May 2014, when we recommend teams to lenders on Kiva. We find that lenders > are more likely to join teams in their local area. However, after joining > teams, those who join popular teams (on the leaderboard) are more active in > lending. >
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