Appendices

----------------------------------------------------------------- readme changes in platform economy taxation - data &amp; code -----------------------------------------------------------------This repository contains:<br>* raw data files (data was collected between 7 and 22 February 2022)--&gt; df_anonymous (in R format)--&gt; df_anonymous.csv (a comma-separated-file)<br>* programs to analyze the data (Analysis_for_OSF.html)--&gt; 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)--&gt; preparation.R (R document to convert the raw data to the anonymous and cleaned data, including some recoding of variables)<br>* programs to collect the data--&gt; Qualtrics_platformsurvey.pdf (in original language: Dutch)--&gt; Qualtrics_platformsurvey.qsf (in original language: Dutch - original Qualtrics import file)--&gt; Appendix A (Dutch screenshot + English translation of the invitation email)--&gt; Appendix B (Dutch originals + English translation of all survey items)--&gt; Appendix D (Dutch screenshot + English translation of the information on the Tax Authority website for platform sellers, retrieved in December 2022)<br>* a PDF of the preregistration (also available at https://aspredicted.org/6ax87.pdf)<br>* a PDF of IRB approval (January 2022)<br><br><br>Variables (same names used in the raw data, Markdown file and Appendix B)<br>* 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)<br><br><br>