Bertschek, Irene; Müller, David F. - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 243 (2023) 1, pp. 3-28
We 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...