Instructions for replication of 
	
	Hannes Weber (2018): 'Higher acceptance rates of asylum seekers 
	lead to slightly more asylum applications in the future',
	in: Demographic Research.

The following two files are needed:
- Weber2018_DemographicResearch_ReplicationCode.R 
- Replication_Data_Weber2018.RData

Instructions: 

1) Install R (https://www.r-project.org/) and run R or RStudio.
2) Open the code (Weber2018_DemographicResearch_ReplicationCode.R) via File -> Open...
3) In line 9 of the code, you need to specify your working directory, that is
   the folder on your computer where the data are located. 
   For instance: "C:/User/Desktop" (change this entry accordingly).
   On Mac, this usually starts with "/".
4) Make sure that the data file (Replication_Data_Weber2018.RData) is located in the 
   directory you just specified.
5) Run the code (e.g., selecting everything via ctrl-a and execute via ctrl-enter.
6) The code will automatically generate Table 1 and the robustness tests in a figure
   called "t_histograms.png" and save it to your working directory.
7) Please contact the author in case of any questions at 
   hannes.weber@mzes.uni-mannheim.de

Thank you for your interest in this publication.