On Fragile grounds: A replication of Are Muslim immigrants different in terms of cultural integration
Mahmood Arai, Jonas Karlsson and Michael Lundholm
Abstract
This study is a replication of ''Are Muslim Immigrants Different in terms of Cultural Integration?'' by Alberto Bisin, Eleonora Patacchini, Thierry Verdier and Yves Zenou, published in Journal of European Economic Association, 6, 445-456, 2008.
Bisin et al. (2008) report that they have 5963 observations in their study. Using their empirical setup, we can only identify 1901 relevant observations in the original data. After removing missing values we are left with 818 observations. We cannot replicate any of their results and our estimations yield no support for their claims.
- Submitted to the Journal of the European Economic Association (JEEA) 2008-12-19.
- Accepted for publication in the JEEA 2009-07-11.
Email: mahmood.arai@ne.su.se, jonas.karlsson@sofi.su.se, michael.lundholm@ne.su.se.
Files to the working paper version
The files below were used to produce the working paper version, which was published in Research papers in Economics, Department of Economics and SULCIS Working papers, both at Stockholm University. The same version was also submitted to the JEAA. Files related to this version are dated 2008-12-19:
- The paper
- Technical Documentation
- araietal_present.pdf: The presentation
- araietal_source.R: All R source codes
- araietal_source.Rnw: The Sweave source file
- araietal_source.pdf: PDF version of the Sweave source file
The main code file is araietal_source.Rnw and all other files are created by running this file in R and following the instructions in the top of the file. For data, see the paper or the technical report.
Files to the version submitted after acceptance
The files below were used to produce the version we submitted after we received the editor's decision to accept the paper for publication in the JEAA. The difference compared to the working paper version is that we have slightly rephrased the first two sections in the paper and the technical documentation. The econometric coding is completely unchanged. Files related to this version are dated 2009-09-04:
- The paper
- Technical Documentation
- araietal_present_bis.pdf: The presentation
- araietal_source_bis.R: All R source codes
- araietal_source_bis.Rnw: The Sweave source file
- araietal_source_bis.pdf: PDF version of the Sweave source file
The main code file is araietal_source_bis.Rnw and all other files are created by running this file in R and following the instructions in the top of the file. For data, see the paper or the technical report.
Links
Link to the replicated published paper:
- Are Muslim immigrants different in terms of cultural integration by A. Bisin, E. Patachini, T. Verdier and Y. Zenou. Published paper.
Link to the authors' errata on Alberto Bisin's home page:
Link to the paper on Alberto Bisin's home page:
- Are Muslim immigrants different in terms of cultural integration by A. Bisin, E. Patachini, T. Verdier and Y. Zenou. 2007-09-03.
Links to R:
Page revisions
- June 16, 2010: Contact information updated.
- June 15, 2010: A section Additional information added.
- September 4, 2009: The section name Files was changed to Files to the working paper version and a new section called Files to the version submitted after acceptance was added. The list of page revisions changed from an ordered to an unordered list.
- August 20, 2009: Information about the JEEA editor's decision to publish added.
- March 3, 2009: Link to the Sweave source file redirected to SWOPEC.
- February 6, 2009: Links to PDF-files redirected to SWOPEC.
- January 26, 2009: XHTML-version of the page created. Links to the replicated paper and the R-project added.
- December 19, 2008: All files related to the project uploaded.
- December 4, 2008: Page established as README text file, but no files related to the project present.