Fiscal Crisis in the EU and European Solidarity

Short Description: The module investigates attitudes toward the willingness to show solidarity with European Union countries faced with severe economic troubles. It contains of three elements: (1) attitudes toward Germany’s financial support for crisis countries within and outside the European Union, (2) the willingness to pay a hypothetical direct aid contribution in the form of a permanent income tax with three tax rates proposed, (3) attitudes on austerity measures to be implemented by the country receiving financial aid.

Methodological Details: A detailed report of the self-report items can be found in Box 2 (p. 475) of this linked publication .

Available Papers

• Lengfeld, Holger, and Martin Kroh. 2016. Solidarität mit in Not geratenen Ländern der Europäischen Union: Ergebnisse einer Befragung des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels 2015. DIW Wochenbericht 83 (39) , 871-878.;

• Lengfeld, Holger, and Martin Kroh. 2016. Solidarity with EU Countries in Crisis: Results of a 2015 Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) Survey. DIW Weekly Report (39) , 473-479.

Contact	Syear	Respondents	Dataset	Variables	Availability	Field	Method	Replication
Holger Lengfeld (Leipzig University)	2015	~2300	inno	bedunt7, bedunt6, bedunt2_2, bedunt6_2, bedunt9, bedunt8, im_fk_2, bedunt5_2, finhil2_2, hilbet1_2, bedunt5, bedunt8_2, bedunt4, bedunt7_2, bedunt3_2, bedunt3, finhil1_2, bedunt1, bedunt9_2, hilbet2, im_fk, hilbet3_2, finhil2, bedunt4_2, bedunt2, bedunt10_2, bedunt1_2, hilbet2_2, finhil1, hilbet3, hilbet1	04/2018	Sociology	Survey items