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 …–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 …
