README.md

metadata

language:
  - en
license: mit
task_categories:
  - tabular-classification
tags:
  - economics
  - datarift
  - computational-economics
  - platform-economics-digital-markets
  - emerging-terminology
pretty_name: Datarift Economics Dataset
size_categories:
  - n<1K

Datarift Economics Dataset

Dataset Description

Summary

Synthetic 200-row dataset for Datarift measurement and computational experiments.

Supported Tasks

• Economic analysis
• Platform Economics / Digital Markets research
• Computational economics

Languages

• English (metadata and documentation)
• Python (code examples)

Dataset Structure

Data Fields

• id: Unique observation id
• period: Synthetic monthly period
• data_concentration: Concentration of valuable user and transaction data
• proprietary_signal_quality: Quality advantage of proprietary data signals
• interoperability_gap: Gap in data interoperability across platforms
• switching_cost: User switching-friction intensity
• model_performance_delta: Performance gap attributable to data advantage
• user_lock_in: Persistence of user lock-in dynamics
• portability_readiness: Technical readiness for data portability
• datarift_index: Composite term index

Data Splits

• Full dataset: 200 examples

Dataset Creation

Source Data

Synthetic data generated for demonstrating Datarift applications.

Data Generation

Channels are sampled from controlled distributions with correlated structure. The term index is computed from normalized channels and directional weights.

Considerations

Social Impact

Research-only synthetic data for method development and reproducibility testing.

Additional Information

Licensing

MIT License - free for academic and commercial use.

Citation

@dataset{datarift2026, title={{Datarift Economics Dataset}}, author={{Economic Research Collective}}, year={{2026}} }