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Prof. Dominic Rohner

University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Authors: Mathieu Couttenier, Veronica Preotu, Dominic Rohner, and Mathias Thoenig

Abstract: We study empirically how past exposure to conflict in origin countries makes migrants more violent prone in their host country, focusing on asylum seekers in Switzerland. We exploit a novel and unique dataset on all crimes reported in Switzerland by nationalities of perpetrators and victims over 2009-2012. Our baseline result is that cohorts exposed to civil conflicts/mass killings during childhood are 40 percent more prone to violent crimes than the average cohort. We exploit cross-region heterogeneity in public policies within Switzerland to document which integration policies are able to mitigate the detrimental effect of past conflict exposure on violent criminality.

Full Text:  “The Violent Legacy of Victimization: Post-Conflict Evidence on Asylum Seekers, Crimes and Public Policy in Switzerland”

Time: 18:00-20:00
Date: Monday, 27 March 2017

Course information: 

In this course you will learn how to use an up-to-date package called “tidyr” to organize data in order to make data analysis much easier and more efficient. During the lesson, you will be offered various exercises for practice.

Prerequisities:

1. Prior knowledge of dplyr package is preferred but is not completely necessary.

2. It is necessary to install RStudio into your laptop before you come to the class. RStudio can be downloaded with no cost from the Internet.

Course outline:

• Preview of the concept of "pipe" (dplyr package).
• Tidy up data by using "tidyr" package, such as gather(), spread(), etc.
• Analyze datasets by using functions such as filter(), group_by(), and mutate(). (We will cover this topic if time allows).

About the facilitator: 

Ivan Sutoris is a PhD student at CERGE-EI. 

Registration for this course is closed.

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