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Table 2 Vignette dimensions, levels, and potential justice principles applied

From: Short-time allowances in times of crisis: a survey experiment

Dimension

Levels

Potential deservingness principles applied and related hypothesis

Share of workforce affected by labor shortage

• 10 percent

• One third

• 100 percent

No hypothesis

Employee gender

• Male

• Female

Control (H1)

Monthly net earnings

• 1500 euros

• 2000 euros

• 2500 euros

• 3000 euros

Need (replacement rate, H2a)

Reciprocity (absolute amount, H2b)

Fixed costs (housing etc.)

• Low

• High

Need (H3a)

Attitude (H3b)

Additional job or further training during short-time work

• 200 euros from new additional job taken up because of short-time work

• 500 euros from new additional job taken up because of short-time work

• 1000 euros from new additional job taken up because of short-time work

• 200 euros from continued additional job conducted before short-time work

• 500 euros from continued additional job conducted before short-time work

• 1000 euros from continued additional job conducted before short-time work

• Full-time further training

• Neither secondary job nor further training

Need (additional income, H4a)

Reciprocity (continued job, H4b)

Attitude (further training, H4c)

Answer category: Amount by duration of short-time pay

• First to third month

• Fourth to sixth month

• From the seventh month

Need (H5)