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The RatSWD Research Notes series publishes empirical research findings based on data accessible through the data infrastructure recommended by the RatSWD. The pre-print series was launched at the end of 2007 under the title RatSWD Working Papers. The series publishes studies from all disciplines of the social and economic sciences. The RatSWD Research Notes provide insights into the diverse scientific applications of empirical data and statistics, and are thus aimed at interested empirical researchers as well as representatives of official data collection agencies and research infrastructure organizations. The RatSWD Research Notes provide a central, internationally visible platform for publishing findings based on empirical data as well as conceptual ideas for survey design. The RatSWD Research Notes are non-exclusive, which means that there is nothing to prevent you from publishing your work in another venue as well: all papers can and should also appear in professionally, institutionally, and locally specialized journals. The RatSWD Research Notes are not available in bookstores but can be ordered online through the RatSWD. In order to make the series more accessible to readers not fluent in German, the English section of the RatSWD Research Notes website presents only those papers published in English, while the the German section lists the complete contents of all issues in the series in chronological order. The views expressed in the RatSWD Research Notes are exclusively the opinions of their authors and not those of the RatSWD