Opportunities in the labor market
Single Wave Study
General Information
Title
Opportunities in the labor market
Project Number
190
Abstract
This study aims to investigate to what extent people experience displacement in the labor market and what they think about it.
Longitudinal Type
Single Wave Study
Begin date
06-11-2017
End date
28-11-2017
Researcher
Jan Dirk Vlasblom
Publisher
CentERdata
Copyright
© 2019 CentERdata
Funding Organization
The Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP)
NWO
NWO
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-z75-45ts
Datasets and documentation
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Codebook in English
Codebook in Dutch
Data Files
English SPSS file
English STATA file
Variables
| Variable name | Variable Label | Variable Type |
|---|---|---|
| nomem_encr | Number of the household member encrypted | preloaded |
| oq17a_m | Year and month of the fieldwork period | constructed |
| oq17a001 | Preloaded variable: Gender | preloaded |
| oq17a002 | Order of statements oq17a075 - oq17a084 - which statement was in place 1? | constructed |
| oq17a003 | Order of statements oq17a075 - oq17a084 - which statement was in place 2? | constructed |
| oq17a004 | Order of statements oq17a075 - oq17a084 - which statement was in place 3? | constructed |
| oq17a005 | Order of statements oq17a075 - oq17a084 - which statement was in place 4? | constructed |
| oq17a006 | Order of statements oq17a075 - oq17a084 - which statement was in place 5? | constructed |
| oq17a007 | Order of statements oq17a075 - oq17a084 - which statement was in place 6? | constructed |
| oq17a008 | Order of statements oq17a075 - oq17a084 - which statement was in place 7? | constructed |
| oq17a009 | Order of statements oq17a075 - oq17a084 - which statement was in place 8? | constructed |
| oq17a010 | Order of statements oq17a075 - oq17a084 - which statement was in place 9? | constructed |
| oq17a011 | Order of statements oq17a075 - oq17a084 - which statement was in place 10? | constructed |
| oq17a012 | Order of statements oq17a085 - oq17a094 and statements oq17a095 - oq17a104 - which statement was in place 1? | constructed |
| oq17a013 | Order of statements oq17a085 - oq17a094 and statements oq17a095 - oq17a104 - which statement was in place 2? | constructed |
| oq17a014 | Order of statements oq17a085 - oq17a094 and statements oq17a095 - oq17a104 - which statement was in place 3? | constructed |
| oq17a015 | Order of statements oq17a085 - oq17a094 and statements oq17a095 - oq17a104 - which statement was in place 4? | constructed |
| oq17a016 | Order of statements oq17a085 - oq17a094 and statements oq17a095 - oq17a104 - which statement was in place 5? | constructed |
| oq17a017 | Order of statements oq17a085 - oq17a094 and statements oq17a095 - oq17a104 - which statement was in place 6? | constructed |
| oq17a018 | Order of statements oq17a085 - oq17a094 and statements oq17a095 - oq17a104 - which statement was in place 7? | constructed |
| oq17a019 | Order of statements oq17a085 - oq17a094 and statements oq17a095 - oq17a104 - which statement was in place 8? | constructed |
| oq17a020 | Order of statements oq17a085 - oq17a094 and statements oq17a095 - oq17a104 - which statement was in place 9? | constructed |
| oq17a021 | Order of statements oq17a085 - oq17a094 and statements oq17a095 - oq17a104 - which statement was in place 10? | constructed |
| oq17a022 | Order of statements oq17a105 - oq17a113 - which statement was in place 1? | constructed |
| oq17a023 | Order of statements oq17a105 - oq17a113 - which statement was in place 2? | constructed |
| oq17a024 | Order of statements oq17a105 - oq17a113 - which statement was in place 3? | constructed |
| oq17a025 | Order of statements oq17a105 - oq17a113 - which statement was in place 4? | constructed |
| oq17a026 | Order of statements oq17a105 - oq17a113 - which statement was in place 5? | constructed |
| oq17a027 | Order of statements oq17a105 - oq17a113 - which statement was in place 6? | constructed |
| oq17a028 | Order of statements oq17a105 - oq17a113 - which statement was in place 7? | constructed |
| oq17a029 | Order of statements oq17a105 - oq17a113 - which statement was in place 8? | constructed |
| oq17a030 | Order of statements oq17a105 - oq17a113 - which statement was in place 9? | constructed |
| oq17a031 | Order of statements oq17a114 - oq17a121 - which group was in place 1? | constructed |
| oq17a032 | Order of statements oq17a114 - oq17a121 - which group was in place 2? | constructed |
| oq17a033 | Order of statements oq17a114 - oq17a121 - which group was in place 3? | constructed |
| oq17a034 | Order of statements oq17a114 - oq17a121 - which group was in place 4? | constructed |
| oq17a035 | Order of statements oq17a114 - oq17a121 - which group was in place 5? | constructed |
| oq17a036 | Order of statements oq17a114 - oq17a121 - which group was in place 6? | constructed |
| oq17a037 | Order of statements oq17a114 - oq17a121 - which group was in place 7? | constructed |
| oq17a038 | Order of statements oq17a114 - oq17a121 - which group was in place 8? | constructed |
| oq17a039 | Order of statements oq17a122 - oq17a131 - which statement was in place 1? | constructed |
| oq17a040 | Order of statements oq17a122 - oq17a131 - which statement was in place 2? | constructed |
| oq17a041 | Order of statements oq17a122 - oq17a131 - which statement was in place 3? | constructed |
| oq17a042 | Order of statements oq17a122 - oq17a131 - which statement was in place 4? | constructed |
| oq17a043 | Order of statements oq17a122 - oq17a131 - which statement was in place 5? | constructed |
| oq17a044 | Order of statements oq17a122 - oq17a131 - which statement was in place 6? | constructed |
| oq17a045 | Order of statements oq17a122 - oq17a131 - which statement was in place 7? | constructed |
| oq17a046 | Order of statements oq17a122 - oq17a131 - which statement was in place 8? | constructed |
| oq17a047 | Order of statements oq17a122 - oq17a131 - which statement was in place 9? | constructed |
| oq17a048 | Order of statements oq17a122 - oq17a131 - which statement was in place 10? | constructed |
| oq17a049 | Order of statements oq17a122 - oq17a131 - which statement was in place 11? | constructed |
| oq17a050 | What is your current labor market position? If you have several jobs, please base your answer on the most important one. | directly measured |
| oq17a051 | Have you looked for a (different) job in the past two years? | directly measured |
| oq17a052 | What was the most important reason for you to look for a (different) job? | directly measured |
| oq17a053 | Have you found a (different) job since then? | directly measured |
| oq17a054 | Is your current job your first job, or have you had a job before? | directly measured |
| oq17a055 | Comparing this new job to your previous job: Are you working in the same profession as before? | directly measured |
| oq17a056 | Comparing this new job to your previous job: Are you working in the same sector as before? | directly measured |
| oq17a057 | Comparing this new job to your previous job: The job level of my new job… | directly measured |
| oq17a058 | Comparing this new job to your previous job: The income from my new job… | directly measured |
| oq17a059 | Comparing this new job to your previous job: The number of hours I work in my new job… | directly measured |
| oq17a060 | Comparing this new job to your previous job: The job security of my new job… | directly measured |
| oq17a061 | Comparing this new job to your previous job: Thanks to my new job, my chances of getting a better job in the future are… | directly measured |
| oq17a062 | Did you require additional training in order to be able to do the new job? | directly measured |
| oq17a063 | Did you find or were you offered this new job via an intermediary (for example: UWV (Employee Insurance Agency), a staffing agency)? | directly measured |
| oq17a064 | We will now present a number of questions about your current position. Workers in my sector are represented by a labor union. (For self-employed persons: is there an interest group that represents your interests?) | directly measured |
| oq17a065 | Are you subject to a collective employment agreement (Dutch: CAO)? | directly measured |
| oq17a066 | Does your current job have one of the following characteristics? temp worker | directly measured |
| oq17a067 | Does your current job have one of the following characteristics? on-call worker or stand-in worker | directly measured |
| oq17a068 | Does your current job have one of the following characteristics?WSW (Sheltered Employment Act / sheltered workshop) | directly measured |
| oq17a069 | Does your current job have one of the following characteristics? work while retaining unemployment benefit | directly measured |
| oq17a070 | Does your current job have one of the following characteristics? work experience position | directly measured |
| oq17a071 | Does your current job have one of the following characteristics? supervised work | directly measured |
| oq17a072 | Does your current job have one of the following characteristics? apprenticeship contract / training contract / internship contract | directly measured |
| oq17a073 | Does your current job have one of the following characteristics? none of these characteristics | directly measured |
| oq17a074 | If you were to look for a new job now, how likely is it that you would find a job with an income equal to or higher than what you currently earn / what you earned in your last job? | directly measured |
| oq17a075 | My opportunities on the labor market are lower because employers... give priority to people who receive a benefit (e.g. because of subsidized jobs, Occupational Disability (Employment Targets and Quotas) Act) | directly measured |
| oq17a076 | My opportunities on the labor market are lower because employers... prefer to hire students | directly measured |
| oq17a077 | My opportunities on the labor market are lower because employers... prefer to hire cheaper foreigners (e.g. Eastern Europeans) | directly measured |
| oq17a078 | My opportunities on the labor market are lower because employers... outsource the work to companies in other countries | directly measured |
| oq17a079 | My opportunities on the labor market are lower because employers... prefer to hire [if oq17a001=1: female / if oq17a001=2: male] candidates | directly measured |
| oq17a080 | My opportunities on the labor market are lower because employers... prefer to hire younger employees | directly measured |
| oq17a081 | My opportunities on the labor market are lower because employers... prefer to hire people with a higher education than I have | directly measured |
| oq17a082 | My opportunities on the labor market are lower because employers... prefer to hire someone who continues to work after his retirement | directly measured |
| oq17a083 | My opportunities on the labor market are lower because employers... prefer to employ volunteers to do my work | directly measured |
| oq17a084 | My opportunities on the labor market are lower because employers... prefer to use robots to do the work | directly measured |
| oq17a085 | I think my chances to get work or higher pay are lower… because of immigrants | directly measured |
| oq17a086 | I think my chances to get work or higher pay are lower… because older people are retiring later | directly measured |
| oq17a087 | I think my chances to get work or higher pay are lower… because more and more people continue to work after their retirement | directly measured |
| oq17a088 | I think my chances to get work or higher pay are lower… because more and more highly educated people are working below their level | directly measured |
| oq17a089 | I think my chances to get work or higher pay are lower… because people who receive a benefit are being given priority | directly measured |
| oq17a090 | I think my chances to get work or higher pay are lower… because of the open borders in Europe | directly measured |
| oq17a091 | I think my chances to get work or higher pay are lower… because students with jobs or side jobs are occupying jobs that other people need | directly measured |
| oq17a092 | I think my chances to get work or higher pay are lower… because more and more women are working | directly measured |
| oq17a093 | I think my chances to get work or higher pay are lower… because employers are making more and more use of volunteers | directly measured |
| oq17a094 | I think my chances to get work or higher pay are lower… because employers are increasingly hiring freelancers | directly measured |
| oq17a095 | I think that the job opportunities and salaries for people in my profession are becoming worse…because of immigrants | directly measured |
| oq17a096 | I think that the job opportunities and salaries for people in my profession are becoming worse…because older people are retiring later | directly measured |
| oq17a097 | I think that the job opportunities and salaries for people in my profession are becoming worse…because more and more people continue to work after their retirement | directly measured |
| oq17a098 | I think that the job opportunities and salaries for people in my profession are becoming worse…because more and more highly educated people are working below their level | directly measured |
| oq17a099 | I think that the job opportunities and salaries for people in my profession are becoming worse…because people who receive a benefit are being given priority | directly measured |
| oq17a100 | I think that the job opportunities and salaries for people in my profession are becoming worse…because of the open borders in Europe | directly measured |
| oq17a101 | I think that the job opportunities and salaries for people in my profession are becoming worse…because students with jobs or side jobs are occupying jobs that other people need | directly measured |
| oq17a102 | I think that the job opportunities and salaries for people in my profession are becoming worse…because more and more women are working | directly measured |
| oq17a103 | I think that the job opportunities and salaries for people in my profession are becoming worse…because employers are making more and more use of volunteers | directly measured |
| oq17a104 | I think that the job opportunities and salaries for people in my profession are becoming worse…because employers are increasingly hiring freelancers | directly measured |
| oq17a105 | How do you feel about...people having lower chances of getting work because of immigrants | directly measured |
| oq17a106 | How do you feel about...young people having lower chances of getting work because older people are retiring later | directly measured |
| oq17a107 | How do you feel about...people having fewer job opportunities because others are continuing to work after their retirement | directly measured |
| oq17a108 | How do you feel about...people with lower education having fewer job opportunities because people with higher education are working below their level | directly measured |
| oq17a109 | How do you feel about...people having fewer job opportunities because people who receive a benefit are given priority | directly measured |
| oq17a110 | How do you feel about...there being less work for people in the Netherlands because of open borders | directly measured |
| oq17a111 | How do you feel about...people having fewer job opportunities because of students with jobs or side jobs | directly measured |
| oq17a112 | How do you feel about...working women causing higher unemployment among men | directly measured |
| oq17a113 | How do you feel about...people having fewer opportunities to get paid work because of the use of volunteers | directly measured |
| oq17a114 | Please indicate how desirable you consider it for the government to help the following groups of people. persons who have difficulty getting work due to an illness or handicap | directly measured |
| oq17a115 | Please indicate how desirable you consider it for the government to help the following groups of people. long-term unemployed persons who receive a benefit | directly measured |
| oq17a116 | Please indicate how desirable you consider it for the government to help the following groups of people. people who wish to continue working after their retirement | directly measured |
| oq17a117 | Please indicate how desirable you consider it for the government to help the following groups of people. older people who want to work | directly measured |
| oq17a118 | Please indicate how desirable you consider it for the government to help the following groups of people. Women | directly measured |
| oq17a119 | Please indicate how desirable you consider it for the government to help the following groups of people. people from other countries who want to work in the Netherlands | directly measured |
| oq17a120 | Please indicate how desirable you consider it for the government to help the following groups of people. refugees and asylum seekers | directly measured |
| oq17a121 | Please indicate how desirable you consider it for the government to help the following groups of people. Dutch people with a migration background | directly measured |
| oq17a122 | it is good for people in Europe to be able to easily work in other countries | directly measured |
| oq17a123 | older people should retire earlier to make room for young people | directly measured |
| oq17a124 | it is good for employers to hire people from other countries because they are cheaper | directly measured |
| oq17a125 | positive discrimination is necessary to create equal opportunities on the labor market | directly measured |
| oq17a126 | it is good for students to have a side job, even if it is low-skilled work | directly measured |
| oq17a127 | it is not a problem if employers choose volunteers more often instead of employees | directly measured |
| oq17a128 | the fact that more and more women have paid jobs is a positive development | directly measured |
| oq17a129 | it is not a problem for employers to choose freelancers more often instead of employees | directly measured |
| oq17a130 | more money should be made available to help people with health limitations find work | directly measured |
| oq17a131 | more money should be made available to help long-term unemployed people find work | directly measured |
| oq17a132 | positive discrimination is unfair for “normal” working people | directly measured |
| oq17a133 | Looking at the Netherlands as a whole, to what extent do you think that displacement is occurring in the Dutch labor market, overall? | directly measured |
| oq17a134 | Looking at the Netherlands as a whole, to what extent do you think that displacement is a problem in the Dutch labor market, overall? | directly measured |
| oq17a135 | Looking at the Netherlands as a whole, to what extent do you think that measures against displacement should be taken, overall? | directly measured |
| oq17a136 | Was it difficult to answer the questions? | directly measured |
| oq17a137 | Were the questions sufficiently clear? | directly measured |
| oq17a138 | Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things? | directly measured |
| oq17a139 | Was it an interesting subject? | directly measured |
| oq17a140 | Did you enjoy answering the questions? | directly measured |
| oq17a141 | Starting date questionnaire | constructed |
| oq17a142 | Starting time questionnaire | constructed |
| oq17a143 | End date questionnaire | constructed |
| oq17a144 | End time questionnaire | constructed |
| oq17a145 | Duration in seconds | derived |
Questions
Questionnaire: Opportunities in the labor market
The questionnaire was administered in Dutch
Browse Opportunities in the labor marketResponse Information
Response Overview
Selected number of household members: 3,587 (100%)Non-response: 916 (25.5%)
Response: 2,671 (74.5%)
Complete: 2,628 (76.5%)
Incomplete: 43 (1.2%)
Collection Events
Period
06-11-2017 to 28-11-2017
Sample
3590 randomly selected respondents between 16 and 67 years old
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents