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[fsd_vr] FSD edition number

[fsd_id] FSD case id

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[q003] Experts have differing views on the impact of technological progress on employment. Which of the following predictions concerning employment do you think is the most believable in the next ten years? Due to automation of work tasks...

[q004_1] To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements that you sometimes hear in discussions about digital economy? The number of self-employed people will rise significantly.

[q004_2] To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements that you sometimes hear in discussions about digital economy? Employment contracts will become more precarious than currently.

[q004_3] To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements that you sometimes hear in discussions about digital economy? Employee wages will go down due to increased competition for jobs.

[q004_4] To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements that you sometimes hear in discussions about digital economy? Transformations in the job markets will lead to increased inequality.

[q004_5] To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements that you sometimes hear in discussions about digital economy? Political measures can be taken to influence how employment develops.

[q005_1] To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements concerning platform economy? Digital platforms that undermine the status and work conditions of employees have to be banned.

[q005_2] To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements concerning platform economy? The use of digital platforms needs to be promoted with political measures, e.g. through taxation.

[q0061_1] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Increasing adult education resources

[q0061_2] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Increasing entrepreneurship education efforts

[q0061_3] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Emphasising creativity and social skills in education

[q0061_4] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Re-educating the unemployed only into fields with a good likelihood of needing human labour also in the future (e.g. caring professions)

[q0061_5] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Using unemployment benefits for study and education more freely than is currently possible

[q0061_6] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Using unemployment benefits for starting a business

[q0061_7] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Increasing the level of unemployment benefits

[q0061_8] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Decreasing the level of unemployment benefits

[q0062_1] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Lengthening the duration of unemployment benefits

[q0062_2] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Shortening the duration of unemployment benefits

[q0062_3] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Increasing current activation measures for the unemployed (e.g. work trials, traineeships, pay subsidies, studying, rehabilitative work)

[q0062_4] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Tightening sanctions related to unemployment (e.g. interruption of benefits if the person declines job offer or activation measures)

[q0062_5] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Tightening the obligation to accept a job

[q0062_6] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Active fiscal policy (government emphasises investments that increase employment)

[q0063_1] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: System for guaranteed work (public sector guarantees work that is based on the employee's competence and development needs)

[q0063_2] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Obligatory employee funds for large corporations

[q0063_3] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Voluntary employee funds

[q0063_4] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Dismantling bureaucratic traps (benefits delayed, interrupted or reclaimed due to means-testing, working, or failing to report)

[q0063_5] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Increasing pay subsidy (public sector pays part of an employee's wage to the employer or the employee)

[q0063_6] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Increasing the extent of local agreement of employment terms without undermining collective labour agreements

[q0064_1] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Increasing the extent of local agreement by restricting the applicability of collective labour agreements

[q0064_2] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Increasing financial incentives for work

[q0064_3] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Dividing paid employment among more people through shorter working week/hours

[q0064_4] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Restricting immigration

[q0064_5] What do you think of the following measures for helping employees adapt to digital economy: Participation income that is conditional to activation measures of one's choosing (e.g. voluntary work, studying, dependant care, hobbies)

[q007_1] Assess the following models for universal basic income (UBI): UBI that would reduce current net level of basic security (smaller than €560/month) while retaining the right to additional housing benefit and earnings-related benefits.

[q007_2] Assess the following models for universal basic income (UBI): UBI that would keep current net level of basic security (approx. €560/month) while retaining the right to additional housing benefit and earnings-related benefits.

[q007_3] Assess the following models for universal basic income (UBI): UBI that would increase current net level of basic security (higher than €560/month) while retaining the right to additional housing benefit and earnings-related benefits.

[q007_4] Assess the following models for universal basic income (UBI): UBI of 1,000 euros that would retain the right to further housing benefit and earnings-related benefits.

[q007_5] Assess the following models for universal basic income (UBI): UBI of 1,000 euros that would remove the right to additional housing benefit and earnings-related benefits.

[q007_6] Assess the following models for universal basic income (UBI): UBI of 1,500 euros that would remove the right to additional housing benefit and earnings-related benefits.

[q008] In your opinion, which of the following is the most important objective that should be promoted by political measures in the digital economy?

[bv1] The respondent's gender

[bv2] The respondent's age

[bv3] The respondent's education

[bv4] Are you the person with the highest income in your household?

[bv5] The respondent's economic activity and occupational status

[bv6] The respondent's employment status

[bv7] The respondent's living arrangements

[bv8] The annual gross income of the household (total income of all household members before tax)

[bv9] Who in your household is responsible for everyday purchases?

[bv10] If the parliamentary elections were held now, the candidate of which political party or group would you vote for?

[bv11] How certain would you be of your party choice made above?

[bv12] Which party or group did you vote for in the previous elections?

[bv13] The respondent's region of residence (NUTS3)

[bv14] Type of municipality of residence

[bv15] Major region (NUTS2)

[bv16] The respondent's age group

[bv17] Number of persons living in the household

[paino] Weight variable 2017