Changes in platform economy taxation - data & code

This repository contains: raw data files (data was collected between 7 and 22 February 2022) df_anonymous (in R format) df_anonymous.csv (a comma-separated-file) programs to analyze the data (Analysis_for_OSF.html) Analysis_for_OSF.html (R markdown document with all code to produce the figures and tables of the paper - to be opened in a browser) preparation.R (R document to convert the raw data to the anonymous and cleaned data, including some recoding of variables) programs to collect the data Qualtrics_platformsurvey.pdf (in original language: Dutch) Qualtrics_platformsurvey.qsf (in original language: Dutch - original Qualtrics import file) Appendix A (Dutch screenshot + English translation of the invitation email) Appendix B (Dutch originals + English translation of all survey items) Appendix D (Dutch screenshot + English translation of the information on the Tax Authority website for platform sellers, retrieved in December 2022) a PDF of the preregistration (also available at https://aspredicted.org/6ax87.pdf) a PDF of IRB approval (January 2022) Variables (same names used in the raw data, Markdown file and Appendix B) treatment (Control/Information) supply (Less/Same/More) gender (Female/Male/Other) duration (length of the survey in seconds, to be used to exclude the lowest 5% of the time distribution according to the preregistration) age (in years) occupation (Student/Platform work/Self-employed/Parttime/Fulltime/Other) income_num (Net household income/month) only_income (dummy to indicate whether platform work is a person's only source of income, 1 if hours_platform_prop == 1, 0 otherwise) hours_platform (number of hours at work/week via YoungOnes platform, 0-168) hours_platform_prop (How does your YoungOnes income relate to your total income? Nothing/Less than half/Approximately half/More than half/Only income) trust_others (Most others can be trusted, 5 point scale from 1 = totally disagree to 5 = totally agree, 99 indicating "rather not say") [recoding can be found in "preparation.R"] trust_govt (The Dutch government can be trusted, 5 point scale from 1 = totally disagree to 5 = totally agree, 99 indicating "rather not say") trust_platforms (Digital platforms can be trusted, 5 point scale from 1 = totally disagree to 5 = totally agree, 99 indicating "rather not say") self_report_know (How well are you aware of tax regulations with regard to income earned on gig platforms? 5 point scale from 1 = very uninformed to 5 = very informed) regulation_easy (dummy to indicate "great, this saves quite some administrative work" was ticked at the regulation_opinion question) regulation_fair (dummy to indicate "Fair, this way all gig workers are taxed equally" was ticked at the regulation_opinion question) regulation_more_tax (dummy to indicate "Annoying, now I need to pay more taxes" was ticked at the regulation_opinion question) regulation_opinion_other (open answer box if regulation_other dummy == 1) regulation_other (dummy to indicate "Other, namely" was ticked at the regulation_opinion question) regulation_unnecessary (dummy to indicate "Not necessary, I can handle this myself" was ticked at the regulation_opinion question)