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quick update and short reminder to please keep us in touch about hours worked
by alexander.horn＠uni-konstanz.de 21 Jul '25

21 Jul '25

Dear VoE team, hope everyone is doing all right (and has something to do(;)! This is just a reminder to try to brief me and Leo on what you did and where you are once a week. So if you wonder, "mmh, I have not send them the hours or info in the last week(s)", please write us. This does not apply to Martin, who can start working again once Hanna has (third)coded DK and SWE. A summary of what it is that we are trying to achieve can be found in the very stylized poster below. This is a graph we will use in a book (proposal) to summarize the "varieties of egalitarianism" results. The urgent goal mid-term is to prepare papers for conferences late August and in September. I will be offline from this Thursday evening on for eight days. After that Leo will be on holiday. So this is the time to get in touch if something is urgent or came up. Thank you for your diligent work and wishes (esp. for those on the tricky job hunt in parallel), Alex

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maybe of interest for some of us/you, and free, today 4 pm German Time, registration needed
by alexander.horn＠uni-konstanz.de 21 May '25

21 May '25

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Quality assurance
by Leo Ahrens 08 May '25

08 May '25

Hi everyone, please make sure to also check the codings of third coder in quality assurance. I haven't seen any "required corrections" for C3 so far. Not that there have to be any - I would just like to make sure that you include this in your work. Thank you very much! Best , Leo ---------------- Dr. Leo Ahrens leo.ahrens(a)uni-konstanz.de Website <https://leoahrens.eu/>

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Quality assurance
by Leo Ahrens 02 May '25

02 May '25

Hi everyone, I have edited all files now so that it is possible to use red font for your changes. Please do so and, if possible, mark your previous changes if you can remember where you edited something. Best wishes, Leo ---------------- Dr. Leo Ahrens leo.ahrens(a)uni-konstanz.de Website <https://leoahrens.eu/>

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Happy news
by Leo Ahrens 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

Happy news everybody, our first file is 100% complete - the United States. We have a majority coding decision for each specific plege (of which there are admittedly few). Keep up the good work! Best, Leo ---------------- Dr. Leo Ahrens leo.ahrens(a)uni-konstanz.de Website <https://leoahrens.eu/>

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Fwd: Credit Claiming - Quality Assurance
by Leo Ahrens 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

Hi Julius, yes, because this is not a falsifiable pledge as credit claiming relates to a past achievement. THis is one of the miscodings that quality assurance is supposed to catch. Best, Leo ---------------- Dr. Leo Ahrens leo.ahrens(a)uni-konstanz.de Website <https://leoahrens.eu/> Am 25.04.2025 um 12:13 schrieb jkoelzer(a)politik.uni-kiel.de: > Hey Guys, > > quick question from my side (maybe this was discussed before and I > forgot it). Should you code NA promise_fullfilled when a statement is > Credit Claiming? During quality assurance, I noticed that this is > handled differently > > Best > Julius

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Credit Claiming - Quality Assurance
by jkoelzer＠politik.uni-kiel.de 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

Hey Guys, quick question from my side (maybe this was discussed before and I forgot it). Should you code NA promise_fullfilled when a statement is Credit Claiming? During quality assurance, I noticed that this is handled differently Best Julius

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Quality assurance
by Leo Ahrens 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

Hi everyone, I am writing regarding the quality assurance task. I just looked over the files you are working on and can only find very little changes marked in red. This is not necessarily bad, so do not take this as a critique. I am just wondering now whether it is worth it to have so many of you working on this. Can everyone assigned to the task please report to me and share their experiences so far, please? Do you change much or little? What kind of changes do you make? Are you making progress and how long do you estimate to be working on your files? Do you think your time is well spent? Thanks everyone! Best, Leo ---------------- Dr. Leo Ahrens leo.ahrens(a)uni-konstanz.de Website <https://leoahrens.eu/>

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Coding legislative decisions
by Leo Ahrens 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

Hi everyone, there seems to be some confusion on when to code a pledge as fulfilled. I would like to stress again that you code legislative decisions, ie when pledges are put into law, and not the implementation of laws. Imagine that a party promised a tax rate decrease on low earners. The parliament passes the law, but the tax rate decreases will only take effect after a two-year grace period. The pledge is fulfilled here - do not worry about the implementation date. Be careful in your research because it may be easy to mix up the legislative act and implementation date, e.g. because of delayed media reporting. Thank you! Best wishes, Leo ---------------- Dr. Leo Ahrens leo.ahrens(a)uni-konstanz.de Website <https://leoahrens.eu/>

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Quality assurance
by Leo Ahrens 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

Hi everyone, many of you are now working on quality assurance, i.e. another round of looking over almost-finished files to make sure that nothing is missing and the language is presentable. The guidelines for this task are attached below for future reference. This includes tasks that not everyone has been made aware of yet: please check whether all provided links are working; and please mark all your changes in red font so that we can see what you have changed afterwards. Here is the full list: *Quality assurance* * check whether the coders filled in everything they are supposed to fill in. Are (1) sources provided, (2) all relevant statements actually coded (e.g., coder 3 provided a source but forgot to fill in pledge_fulfilled). Mark statements where something is missing in an extra column - this will go back to the coders. * read the statements again and, where applicable, check whether a statement is flagged as credit claiming or status quo claim in the notes. (credit claiming: this is not a pledge but rather boasting about something great the party has done in the past; status quo claim: "we will keep the top marginal income tax rate at the current level") * read the notes from all coders and edit the language where required (spelling mistakes, non-professional language). This is not so much about the contents but rather about how the notes look to an outsider. * check whether all provided links are working * mark all your changes in red font; we will look at them later. Thank you! Best wishes, Leo ---------------- Dr. Leo Ahrens leo.ahrens(a)uni-konstanz.de Website <https://leoahrens.eu/>

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