Quiz 2 is worth 20% of your final mark. There are two questions and you have to      answer both of them. Question 1 is worth 8 marks and Question 2 is worth 12 marks. You can work on these questions in your own time and you need to submit your         answers through the Turnitin link on Wattle any time before the due date.

Question 1 - Approximately 600 words [8 marks]

This question does not require you to undertake any analysis yourself. Rather, you are    being asked to critique an existing paper on “The social integration of international migrants: Evidence from the networks of Syrians in Germany” by Bailey et al. (2022). The paper is      available at the following link:

•  https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w29925/w29925.pdf

You can download a PDF version of the paper directly, or if you are off-campus you may

need to enter your ANU e-mail address on that page and it will be emailed to you (see

https://www.nber.org/papers/w29925).

Answer the following questions in your own words.

1a) What are the research questions and what data is used to test those questions? Include a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the data used in this paper. [2 marks]

1b) What are the main data analysis techniques used to test those research questions (from part a)? Describe at least one of those techniques in detail. [3 marks]

1c) How could the analysis be extended using a different technique covered in the course, or by transforming or interacting one or more of the variables? [3 marks]

Question 2 – Approximately 600 words [12 marks]

This question requires you to undertake your own analysis and data collection on the topic of “unemployment” using time-series data. This can be for Australia or any other country of your choice.

2a) Explain in your own words what time series data is, what its advantages and                     disadvantages are, and what the main assumptions and techniques are for setting up time       series data before doing any analysis. You may include references to other literature or to the lecture material in your explanation. [2 marks]