DATASET_CARD.md

metadata

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

Frictionshift Economics Dataset

Dataset Description

Summary

Synthetic 200-row dataset for Frictionshift 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
• journey: Synthetic customer journey cohort
• entry_friction_relief: Reduction in onboarding friction at entry stage
• mid_journey_friction: Friction introduced during service usage steps
• exit_friction: Friction imposed at cancellation or switching stage
• hidden_fee_intensity: Intensity of non-salient deferred fees
• switching_penalty: Penalty magnitude for platform exit/switch
• cancellation_cost: Economic and time cost of cancellation process
• transparency_level: Transparency of full lifecycle costs
• frictionshift_index: Composite term index

Data Splits

• Full dataset: 200 examples

Dataset Creation

Source Data

Synthetic data generated for demonstrating Frictionshift 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{frictionshift2026, title={{Frictionshift Economics Dataset}}, author={{Economic Research Collective}}, year={{2026}} }