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Extracting the transcripts of the 'Ibizia Inquiry'
In mid-June, the so-called 'Ibiza Commission of Inquiry' heard its last witness after almost one year at work. The commission had been established by the Austrian Parliament and set up to investigate the prevalence of corruption during the coalition government of the ÖVP and FPÖ (Dec, 2017 - May, 2019). This post diggs into its published transcripts. The emphasis of the post is, first, on demonstrating how to extract the text from the hearings' transcripts in R and, second, on crunching a few numbers to get some substantive insights. The compiled dataset, covering all statements (incl. questions, answers etc.), is available for download.
Austria's Covid legislation: The remarkable absence of authorship in public submissions to the consultative process
Austria's legislative procedure provides for a consultative process which allows all citizens to make submissions in which they can raise their concerns as to a proposed bill. When making such a submission, submitters can decide whether their authorship and submission are published on the website of the parliament. Remarkably, the share of undisclosed authorships and statements is particularly high with bills introducing various restrictions to curtail the Covid epidemic.
Thank you {blogdown}, hello {distill}.
A few notes on moving from blogdown to distill.
Austria's Covid legislation: Duration of parliamentarian consultation period in comparison.
A (relative) deep dive into the length of the public consultation period for draft bills in Austria, and whether three days for three pages are actually 'normal'.
Similarity of public submissions to Austria's amendment of the epidemic law
An analysis of public submissions to bill seeking to amend Austria's epidemic law.
Vienna Elections 2020: Analysis of parties' ads on facebook
Analysis of the facebook ads placed in the run-up to the 2020 Vienna city elections.
Static maps with mapbox background images (snapbox)
How to create ggplot maps with mapbox images as background
Recreating NYT election map
How to re-create election maps by the NYT with ggplot.
Vienna Elections 2020: Age profile of electoral candidates
An empirical look at candidates' age.
Austrian Parliament: MPs transparency and conflict of interest report
Analysis of Austria MP's transparency reports.
Update on Google mobility reports on Austria
This is a short update on my previous post dealing with Google’s mobility reports on Austria during the Covid-19 crisis.
Google's Mobility reports: changes to mobility patterns during Covid-19 lock-down in Austria
Analysis of Google's mobility reports following introductino of Covid lockdown in March 2020.
Corona Virus in Austria: Updates on data
Preliminary look at the COVID data on Austria.
Segregation in Vienna's primary schools?
Drawing on public data from Vienna's school administration I look at how many percentages of pupils in each primary school subsequently leave for schools offering eventually a higher education entrance qualification (Matura). The main interest is in contrasting these ratios between closely (geo-)located schools.
Bosnia: Voting behavior of MPs in the House of Representatives
Creating and analysing a new dataset on the voting behavior of BiH's members of the House of Representatives.
Austrian General Elections 2019: Preference votes
A look at the distribution of preference votes casted in the 2019 general elections.
Women in parliament
How well are women represented in Austria's new parliament. A comparative look at the female share of MPs.