In a previous post, I detailed how to extract statements given in Austria's parliament from the sessions' transcripts. In this post, I use the extracted text - in combination with an already existing database on earlier sessions - to compare chancellors' engagement with parliament and ...their use of the word 'I'.
The website of the Austrian parliament provides transcripts of its sessions. This post details how to extract the statements given by MPs, members of government and other speakers.
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 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.
A few notes on moving from blogdown to distill.
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'.
An analysis of public submissions to bill seeking to amend Austria's epidemic law.
Analysis of the facebook ads placed in the run-up to the 2020 Vienna city elections.
How to create ggplot maps with mapbox images as background
How to re-create election maps by the NYT with ggplot.
An empirical look at candidates' age.
Analysis of Austria MP's transparency reports.
This is a short update on my previous post dealing with Google’s mobility reports on Austria during the Covid-19 crisis.
Analysis of Google's mobility reports following introductino of Covid lockdown in March 2020.
Preliminary look at the COVID data on Austria.
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.
Creating and analysing a new dataset on the voting behavior of BiH's members of the House of Representatives.
A look at the distribution of preference votes casted in the 2019 general elections.
How well are women represented in Austria's new parliament. A comparative look at the female share of MPs.