Reproduce an economics paper's findings from replication data with Claude
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Given only the paper and its replication archive, Claude Sonnet 4.5 converted the STATA code to Python and reproduced the findings; the author spot-checked the results and GPT-5 Pro confirmed them.
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Prompt Original prompt
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replicate the findings in this paper from the dataset they uploaded. you need to do this yourself. if you can't attempt a full replication, do what you can
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https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/real-ai-agents-and-real-work
By Ethan Mollick · Published Sep 29, 2025 · Added Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Oct 15, 2026
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