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How to download OECD datasets in R

Packages we will need: In this blog post, we are going to look at downloading data from the OECD statsitics and data website. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) provides analysis, and policy recommendations for 38 industrialised countries. The 38 countries in the OECD are: We can download the OCED data package directly…

Top R packages for downloading political science and economics datasets

1. WDI The World Development Indicators (WDI) package by Vincent Arel-Bundock provides access to a database of hundreds of economic development indicators from the World Bank. Examples of variables include population, GDP, education, health, and poverty, school attendance rates.ee Reference: Arel-Bundock, V. (2017). WDI: World Development Indicators (R Package Version 2.7.1). 2. peacesciencer This package…

Create infographics with the Irish leader dataset in R and Canva

Click here to download the Irish leader datatset. This file details information on all Taoisigh since 1922. Source: Wikipedia Tentative Codebook Variable NameVariable DescriptionnoTaoiseach numbernameNamepartyPolitical partyconstituencyElectoral constituency bornDate of birthdiedDate of deathfirst_electedDate first entered the Dailentered_officeDate entering office of Taoiseachleft_officeDate leaving office of Taoiseachleft_dailDate left the Dailcum_daysTotal number of days in Dailcum_yearsTotal number of years…

Wrangling and graphing UN Secretaries-General data with R

Packages we will need: According to Urquhart (1995) in his article, “Selecting the World’s CEO”, From the outset, the U.N. secretarygeneral has been an important part of theinstitution, not only as its chief executive,but as both symbol and guardian of theoriginal vision of the organization.There, however, specific agreement hasended. The United Nations, like anyimportant organization,…

Scraping and wrangling UN peacekeeping data with tidyr package in R

Packages we will need: For this blog post, we will look at UN peacekeeping missions and compare across regions. Despite the criticisms about some operations, the empirical record for UN peacekeeping records has been robust in the academic literature “In short, peacekeeping intervenes in the most difficultcases, dramatically increases the chances that peace willlast, and…

Visualise DemocracyData with graphs and maps

Packages we will need: In this post, we will look at easy ways to graph data from the democracyData package. The two datasets we will look at are the Anckar-Fredriksson dataset of political regimes and Freedom House Scores. Regarding democracies, Anckar and Fredriksson (2018) distinguish between republics and monarchies. Republics can be presidential, semi-presidential, or…