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Editorial Peter Winker: Editorial Announcement JBNST - Vol. 243/1 - 2023, pp. 1-2.
Original Article Irene Bertschek and David F. Müller: Political Ignorance and the Internet JBNST - Vol. 243/1 - 2023, pp. 3-28.
+ show abstract- hide abstractWe examine the link between Internet usage and political ignorance. To do so, we construct a novel index measuring individuals’ indifference with respect to political issues, which determines the degree of individual political ignorance. Our descriptive econometric analysis is based on a rich dataset consisting of six surveys of individuals covering the time period 2001–2014 and being representative for the German electorate. The empirical results show that in earlier years of Internet diffusion, there is a negative link between using the Internet and political ignorance. This link changes sign in later years of Internet diffusion. We discuss potential explanations of this observed change in the link such as information overload and the increase in heterogeneity of Internet users.
Under Debate Patrick Winter: Bielefeld May In Fact Not Exist – Empirical Evidence From Official Population Data JBNST - Vol. 243/1 - 2023, pp. 29-38.
+ show abstract- hide abstractThe “Bielefeld conspiracy” has long disputed the existence of Bielefeld, a (supposed) German city. In this paper, an approach is developed to test such a theory empirically by auditing officially reported population numbers, arguing that real cities would not fake these. It is shown that Bielefeld’s data, in fact, violate the Benford law, a statistical law that they should follow if they were genuine. This anomaly is found only for Bielefeld, in contrast to all other tested similar and dissimilar cities, across two decades, and with highest significance by five statistical tests. The Bielefeld conspiracy remains as the most or even only plausible explanation for these findings. Peter Winker: Comment to “Bielefeld May In Fact Not Exist – Empirical Evidence From Official Population Data” (DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2022-0038) by Patrick Winter JBNST - Vol. 243/1 - 2023, pp. 39-41.
Patrick Winter: Reply to the Comments by Peter Winker to “Bielefeld May In Fact Not Exist – Empirical Evidence From Official Population Data” (https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2022-0038) JBNST - Vol. 243/1 - 2023, pp. 43-44.
Stjepan Srhoj, Vanja Vitezi and Joachim Wagner: Export Boosting Policies and Firm Performance: Review of Empirical Evidence Around the World JBNST - Vol. 243/1 - 2023, pp. 45-92.
Data Observer Jörg Dollmann, Sabrina Jasmin Mayer, Almuth Lietz, Madeleine Siegel and Jonas Köhler: DeZIM.panel – Data for Germany’s Post-Migrant Society JBNST - Vol. 243/1 - 2023, pp. 93-108.
+ show abstract- hide abstractThe German DeZIM.panel is an online access panel that provides data specifically for topics regarding migration and integration. It includes an oversampling for several migrant groups in Germany, and thus allows specific subgroup analyses. Due to its longitudinal structure, its long-term development and the effects of sudden external events can be traced and analyzed. Michael Buchner, Matthias Eisenmenger, Corinna Hohlweck and Patrizia Mödinger: Combined Business Tax Statistics 2016 of the Federal Statistical Office of Germany – A Micro Data Set for Scientific Use JBNST - Vol. 243/1 - 2023, pp. 109-121.
+ show abstract- hide abstractThis article aims to give background information of the combined business tax statistics 2016 of the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. The micro data set includes the different German business tax statistics, which are linked together (i.e. trade tax statistics, corporate income tax statistics, turnover tax statistics, statistics on business partnerships and associations as well as additional information of the statistical business register). With more than three million businesses the micro data set provides linked information on the German business structure and is available in anonymised form for scientific use at the Research Data Centre of the Federal Statistical Office. |