Data Resources on the COVID-19 Pandemic
last update 2 years ago
A number of national and international research projects are currently underway that empirically
record the economic and social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The collection is wide and ranges
from snapshots of surveys with self-selected samples, representative surveys, longitudinal studies,
experiments, etc..
IZA’s Research Data Center (IDSC) collects and curates the information on such new initiatives.
Projects with high research output based on number of IZA Discussion Papers or otherwise are
promoted especially as “featured resources” on the top of our website.
Please contact the IDSC of IZA for any suggestions of further content at
idsc@iza.org.
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ARD-DeutschlandTREND
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Infratest dimap’s ARD-DeutschlandTREND is a survey commissioned by ARD’s “Tagesthemen” and a number of daily newspapers. It periodically polls current attitudes and political opinion in Germany. The DeutschlandTREND is based on representative telephone interviews (CATI) with around 1,000 eligible voters in. In response to significant political and social events, “DeutschlandTREND extra” surveys are additionally conducted outside of the regular cycle especially since March 2020 on COVID-19.
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Austrian COVID-19 Open Data Information Hub
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Dashboard, statistics and afficial data from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection, with applications, visualizations, and further European and international resources and initiatives on trustworthy open data on COVID-19 (in German).
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BfR-Corona-Monitor
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The BfR Corona-Monitor is a recurring representative survey of the German population's perception of risks from the new type of coronavirus. Since 24 March 2020, randomly selected people have been asked by telephone every Tuesday about their perception of the risk of infection and the protective measures they have taken.
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BRAC Rapid Perception Survey on COVID-19 Awareness and Economic Impact
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19BRAC staff collected data from 2,317 households of different socioeconomic backgrounds through both phone interviews (79%) and face to face (21%) interviews using a structured questionnaire. Given the lockdown situation, the survey could not strictly maintain a representative sampling procedure. However, the findings do reflect a country-wide general picture of the people’s awareness of COVID-19 and the economic hardship induced by the lockdown declared to minimise the health risk of the Pandemic.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 Disease
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19CDC uses diverse data streams to track and analyze COVID-19 at the local, state, and national levels. CDC reports COVID-19 case counts, deaths, and laboratory testing numbers daily online. Data on the COVID-19 website and CDC’s COVID Data Tracker are based on the most recent numbers reported by states, territories, and other jurisdictions. Data are dependent on jurisdictions’ timely and accurate reporting. In addition, CDC regularly reports provisional death certificate data on the NCHS website.
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An Economic Model of the COVID-19 Epidemic: The Importance of Testing and Age-Specific Policies
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#13745
Predictors of Social Distancing and Mask-Wearing Behavior: Panel Survey in Seven U.S. States
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#13521
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19: Evidence from Six Large Cities
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#14984
School Closures and Effective In-Person Learning during COVID-19: When, Where, and for Whom
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#15156
State-Level Economic Policy Uncertainty
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#13632
The Forgotten Numbers: A Closer Look at COVID-19 Non-Fatal Valuations
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#13159
The Short-Term Economic Consequences of COVID-19: Exposure to Disease, Remote Work and Government Response
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Urban Density and COVID-19
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#13265
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Constance Homeoffice Study
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The study analyses 699 people who are currently working from home. The surveys were carried out at nine different times during the social and economic restrictions from March to May 2020 including eight subsequent diary studies. In terms of age and gender, the population of the respondents corresponds to the average of the German working population. First results of the survey showed that the perceived productivity and commitment of employees are promoted by working from home and that a large majority would like to continue to work partially on a mobile basis. However, a tendency towards overtime and associated exhaustion is also evident (in German).
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Consumers and COVID-19
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Ongoing survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland that asks consumers questions related to the recent coronavirus outbreak, including their expectations for how the economy is likely to be affected by the outbreak and how their own behavior has changed in response to it. The survey began in early March, providing a window into how consumers’ responses have evolved in real time since the early days of the acknowledged spread of COVID-19 in the United States. In updating and charting the survey’s findings on the Cleveland Fed’s website going forward, the researchers seek to inform policymakers and researchers about consumers’ beliefs during a time of high uncertainty and unprecedented policy responses.
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The survey is administered on the Qualtrics survey platform, and Qualtrics recruits a nationally representative sample of participants to provide responses. All respondents are required to be US residents, fluent in English, and 18 or older.
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Corona Compass
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Corona Compass study, conducted by infratest dimap, is based on a representative sample of the German population eligible to vote in Germany and with an online access. A standard set of questions includes, among other things, the extent to which corona infections are affected in the personal environment, the evaluation of government measures as a whole, the assessment of various individual measures by the state and of companies, the subjective risk assessment of infection, basic attitudes towards economic and political situation and other key indicators. The standard set has been expanded and modified several times recording the acceptance of new measures that are becoming increasingly important in the public discussion. In addition, the Corona Compass collects various questions from basic behavioral and social science research.
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As such, it is one of the few representative surveys of (family) well-being that exists for Germany. The COMPASS study has more observations and more information on families than other special well-being surveys taken during the COVID-19 crisis.
The data includes satisfaction in three areas that are important for the well-being of families, namely general life satisfaction, satisfaction with family life, and satisfaction with childcare. The data also includes detailed questions on whether individuals with dependent children in the household are affected by school and day care center closures, on the degree to which they feel restricted by public measures taken to contain COVID-19, and on the extent to which they work from home (in German).
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The survey looks to identify how many people across England test positive for COVID-19 infection at a given point in time, regardless of whether they report to experiencing symptoms; also, the average number of new infections per week over the course of the study is quantified; and the number of people who test positive for antibodies is specified, to indicate how many people are ever likely to have had the infection.
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The sample for the survey is drawn mainly from the Annual Population Survey (APS), which consists collectively of those who successfully completed the last wave of the Labor Force Survey (LFS) or local LFS boost, and who have consented to future contact regarding research. Additionally, adults over 16 years old surveyed are asked to provide a blood sample, which is used to test for the presence of antibodies to COVID-19.
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Countering COVID-19: A European Survey on Acceptability and Commitment to Preventive Measures
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The survey is covering over 7.500 individuals that are representative of the population in seven European countries with respect to region, age, gender and education. The fieldwork took place from April 2 to April 15 using an online questionnaire addressing such issues as people’s risk perceptions, support of containment policies, trust in information, worries, vaccination attitudes, and prevention behavior in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Within this project, the survey will be conducted again twice in May and in June.
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Covid-19 India
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19District-wise information on the number of confirmed cases, the case fatality rate, and testing rates at the state-level are obtained from the crowdsourced data publicly available on Covid-19 India.
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These data are consistent with official information from the Government of India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as well as international sources on India’s statistics such as those from Johns Hopkins University.
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COVID-19 Situation in Switzerland
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Data on confirmed cases of coronavirus infections and deaths due to the disease, the epidemiological situation, the search for antibodies, the advisory body, press conferences and news can all be found here.
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COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO)
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The aim of the project is to repeatedly get an insight into how the population perceives the corona pandemic: how the “psychological situation” is emerging. The aim is to to monitor public perceptions of risk, protective and preparedness behaviors, public trust, as well as knowledge and misinformation to enable government spokespeople, the media, and health organizations to implement adequate responses. The study design allows rapid and adaptive monitoring of these variables over time and assessing the relations between risk perceptions, knowledge and misinformation to preparedness and protective behavior regarding COVID-19 in Germany.
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The study participants are invited through an online panel provider. Every week, a representative distribution of the N = 1,000 respondents between the ages of 18-74 is selected based on the census data from Germany. Wave 1 interviewed 977 people. Quotations are made according to age / gender (crossed) and federal state (uncrossed).
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COVID-19: Regional Data and Facts about the Pandemic in Germany
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19A digital magazine for business, research and teaching on the topic of geomarketing with constantly new data and facts about the spatial and temporal spread of COVID-19 in Germany (in German).
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Current COVID-19 Status in Turkey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Daily COVID-19 situation in Turkey from the Turkish Ministry of Health
https://covid19.saglik.gov.tr/
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Digitising Europe Pulse - European Resilience in Times of COVID-19
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The survey was conducted by Kantar who have interviewed 13,000 people from 13 EU member states via an online survey for the Vodafone Institute for Society and Communications. The survey is the second edition of the “Digitizing Europe Pulse” series, which the Vodafone Institute is conducting on a quarterly basis. Main topics are: technical equipment and performance meeting the challenges with COVID-19, perceiving and managing measures taken by national governments, access to a digital infrastructure that helps to cope successfully with everyday life, acceptance of corona apps, COVID-19 crisis management of the national governments, inter-European cooperation and cohesion among Europeans, short-time work, quality of life in the long term
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Dutch COVID-19 Data from the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The total number of Covid-19 infections, testing, death, hospitalizations at the municipality-day level.
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Education Week
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Education Week tracked and documented the closures—first at the school or district level and ultimately, state-by-state, from March 6 to May 15, 2020. Looking for information about the 2020-21 school year? Education Week tracked where schools were open or closed due to COVID-19 here: (Map: Where Has COVID-19 Closed Schools? Where Are They Open?).
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The data are no longer updated.
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Enel X Mobility Map
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19City Analytics COVID-19 - Mobility Map was developed by Enel X to facilitate the management of the Covid-19 epidemic containment measures, and made available to public administrations, institutions, companies and citizens for free until Jun 30th 2020, considering the current emergency situation.
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percentage change in the number of trips compared to the same day in the previous week and to a reference period before the emergency
percentage variation in total kilometres travelled compared to the same day in the previous week and to a reference period before the emergency
entry and exit flows in the reference area.
The data is available in regional, state and municipal scale.
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EUCLID-Project Risk Perceptions & Behavior in the Context of the Current Coronavirus Outbreak
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19In response to the ongoing public health emergency due to the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 and the associated disease COVID-19) outbreak worldwide, the University of Konstanz developed an online survey “EUCLID” to track: 1. Subjective health & symptoms, 2. Perceived risk & outbreak related perceptions, 3. Protection motivation & behavior, 4. Expected future developments of the current outbreak.
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The online panel (Prolific Academic), was conducted with social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter), and email lists using a snowball system. Participation is voluntary and as compensation, participants could take part in a lottery. Data collection started February 02, 2020 as part of a student project.
The EUCLID study was carried out as part of the RiskDynamics (FOR 2374) research group funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Center of Excellence Cluster for the Advanced Study of Collective Behavior at the University of Konstanz. The surveys are continued on an ongoing basis in 15 countries (July 2020).
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EUROFOUND Living, Working and COVID-19 Data
Open Access Full Texts Related to COVID-19Eurofound's e-survey, Living, working and COVID-19, to captures the most immediate changes during the pandemic and their impact, with the aim of helping to shape the response to this crisis. The survey looks at quality of life and well-being, with questions ranging from life satisfaction, happiness and optimism, to health and levels of trust in institutions. Respondents are also asked about their work situation, their work–life balance and level of teleworking during COVID-19. The survey also assesses the impact of the pandemic on people’s living conditions and financial situation.
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EuroMOMO European Mortality Statistics
Public Health and MedicineOfficial national mortality statistics are provided weekly from the 24 European countries in the EuroMOMO collaborative network, supported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Facebook Data for Good
Public Health and MedicineNew tools and surveys to help health researchers track and combat COVID-19.
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Financial Times COVID-19 Tracker
Public Health and MedicineCOVID-19 tracked: the latest figures and comparisons as the pandemic spreads, free to read.
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First Registration of Cars
Economic DevelopmentFirst registration of cars March 2019 to March 2020 from the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt - Federal Motor Transport Authority (in German).
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GALLUP COVID-19 Panel Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Gallup Panel claims representativeness of the entire U.S. adult population. Members can be reached via telephone, web or mail. The Gallup Panel allows for a quick "pulse" of U.S. adults' opinions on some of the most pressing issues. Gallup started the Panel in 2004, and it is not an opt-in panel. Gallup maintains demographic profiles of all Gallup Panel members, using this information to draw stratified samples or samples of low-incidence populations that are otherwise difficult to reach.
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Global COVID-19 Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Global COVID-19 Survey is being used for tracking, monitoring, and analyzing global socio-behavioral trends to inform the COVID-19 global response. The study is done by the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. The purpose of this research is to analyze socio-behavioral aspects of outbreak control. The research will be used to inform national, regional and global health communication strategies and better inform response efforts. Participation in the online survey is voluntary.
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Global Health 50/50 - Sex, Gender and COVID-19: Overview and Resources
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19As a key resource Global Health 50/50 COVID-19 Data Tracker collects and collates data reported by national governments. Cases and deaths are only reported when sex-disaggregated data is published by Governments. This means that sex-disaggregated data sometimes lag behind the figures for current infections and deaths and may only represent a portion of the overall confirmed cases or deaths within a country.
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One can find sex-disaggregated data on confirmed cases, deaths, hospitalisations, ICU admissions, cases and deaths by age and sex and infections among healthcare workers. You can also find further information on why men appear to be dying at a higher rate than women, and some FAQs on COVID-19 data.
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Google Trends: COVID-19 Related Search Trends
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19This is how COVID-19 is being searched on Google.
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A Year of Pandemic: Levels, Changes and Validity of Well-Being Data from Twitter. Evidence from Ten Countries
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COVID-19 and the Future of US Fertility: What Can We Learn from Google?
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COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates and Vaccine Uptake
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COVID-19, Lockdowns and Well-Being: Evidence from Google Trends
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E-Learning Engagement Gap during School Closures: Differences by Academic Performance
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The Impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. Child Care Market: Evidence from Stay-At-Home Orders
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The Political Scar of Epidemics
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Vaccination Policy and Trust
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Google's COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Google COVID-19 community mobility reports aim to provide insights into what has changed in response to policies aimed at combating COVID-19.
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Why is this resource interesting?"The Google COVID-19 mobility reports aggregate anonymized sets of data from users’ mobile device location history. The mobility index measures how visits to, or length of stay at, different types of location change over time compared to a baseline period corresponding to January 3 - February 6, 2020. There are six location categories: (i) retail and recreation, (ii) grocery and pharmacy, (iii) parks (public gardens, dog parks, beaches, etc.), (iv) transit stations (public transport hubs such as subway, bus, train stations), (v) workplaces and (vi) residential areas.
Human mobility is tracked by Google daily and in a consistent manner across 131 countries. For a subset of countries, the information is provided at sub-national level." (IZA DP 13205)
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A Year of Pandemic: Levels, Changes and Validity of Well-Being Data from Twitter. Evidence from Ten Countries
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#13265
An Economic Model of the COVID-19 Epidemic: The Importance of Testing and Age-Specific Policies
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Are Happier People More Compliant? Global Evidence From Three Large-Scale Surveys During Covid-19 Lockdowns
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Poverty and COVID-19 in Developing Countries
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Coronavirus and Social Distancing: Do Non-Pharmaceutical-Interventions Work (at Least) in the Short Run?
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COVID-19 Mobility Policies Impacts: How Credible Are Difference-in-Differences Estimates?
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Determinants of the Community Mobility during the COVID-19 Epidemic: The Role of Government Regulations and Information
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Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Improve Global Air Quality? New Cross-National Evidence on Its Unintended Consequences
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Dynamics of Social Mobility during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada
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Failing to Pull Together: South Africa's Troubled Response to COVID-19
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#14883
Fiscal Multipliers in the COVID-19 Recession
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Gimme Shelter. Social Distancing and Income Support in Times of Pandemic
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Job Search during the COVID-19 Crisis
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#13293
Lockdown Strategies, Mobility Patterns and COVID-19
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#14229
More than Words: Leaders' Speech and Risky Behavior During a Pandemic
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Neo-Humanism and COVID-19: Opportunities for a Socially and Environmentally Sustainable World
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#13255
On the Effects of COVID-19 Safer-At-Home Policies on Social Distancing, Car Crashes and Pollution
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#13516
Reacting Quickly and Protecting Jobs: The Short-Term Impacts of the COVID-19 Lockdown on the Greek Labor Market
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#13790
School Re-Openings after Summer Breaks in Germany Did Not Increase SARS-CoV-2 Cases
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Schools under Mandatory Testing Can Mitigate the Spread of SARS-CoV-2
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#15111
Societal Movement Restrictions and Adverse Mental Health Outcomes
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Stay-At-Home Orders, Social Distancing and Trust
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The Beneficial Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Air Pollution: Evidence from Vietnam
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
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Timing is Everything when Fighting a Pandemic: COVID-19 Mortality in Spain
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Trust and Compliance to Public Health Policies in Times of COVID-19
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Trust Predicts Compliance with COVID-19 Containment Policies: Evidence from Ten Countries Using Big Data
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Urban Density and COVID-19
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Weather, Psychological Wellbeing and Mobility during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Haushaltskrisenbarometer
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The most comprehensive evaluation of the corona crisis from the perspective of individual households: The Haushaltskrisenbarometer (Household Crisis Barometer) is supported by a cooperation between the Leibniz Institute for Financial Market Research SAFE, Nielsen-Frankfurt and the Chair of Finance and Economics at Goethe University Frankfurt.
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The centerpiece is the evaluation of jointly developed questions that are answered every two weeks by the households of the Nielsen Consumer Panel. The high number of households surveyed continuously and the possibility of making the responses representative using statistical methods provide a reliable and timely picture of the economic situation, (consumption) behavior and expectations of the entire population. This is enriched by an insight into the actual purchasing behavior based on the purchases recorded for all households, and further background information.
The Nielsen Consumer Panel consists of around 20.000 households, of which around 16.000 are interviewed. These households have generally been members of the panel for years and submit all of their purchases in the Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) area every week.The inserted questions span a wide spectrum from the current economic situation to fears and expectations for the future (in German).
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Helsinki Gradutae School of Economics Situation Room
Open Access Full Texts Related to COVID-19The Situation Room consists of leading economists from Helsinki GSE, VATT Institute for Economic Research, as well as members from several public authorities. It utilizes data from relevant public and private sources and produces regular reports for policymakers. The data is collected and organized in close cooperation with Statistics Finland, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, Bank of Finland, Finnish Tax Administration, Kela and other institutions. The situation room cooperates closely with Vesa Vihriälä’s group, which is focused on the longer-term economic implications of the crisis.
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Homebase Real-Time Corona Virus Data on US Small Businesses
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Homebase (HB) data consists of daily records of volume of hours worked by employees, the number of businesses open at all, the number of employees working, and wages of employees, linked longitudinally to the establishment where they work and the firm that controls the establishment. The data is recorded in real-time through HB’s proprietary software and is used for payroll processing.
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The HB data also contains an industry category for each establishment, but the available categories do not directly line up with standard industry classification. However, HB establishment records maybe matched by name or address to other Points of Interest (POI), geographic information or standard industry classifications.
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IAU Global Survey on the Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education around the World
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The IAU Global Survey on the Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education around the World was conducted online from 25 March to 17 April 2020. It received 576 replies from 424 universities and other Higher Education Institutions based in 111 countries and territories. The results of this survey are presented in a report. Results are analysed both at the global level and at the regional level in four regions of the world (the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe).
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ifo Business Climate Index for Germany
Economic DevelopmentThe ifo Business Climate Index is an early indicator of economic developments in Germany published on a monthly basis.
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ifo Business Surveys
Economic DevelopmentThe IBS is a long-standing monthly panel among a representative sample of German firms across all sectors of the economy, and covers various dimensions of firms’ business activity. The survey is mostly qualitative, including questions about firms’ business situation and expectations, factors related to the supply and demand of goods and services, as well as planned and realized price changes -among a representative sample of German firms. Since March 2020, the survey questionnaire includes supplemental questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Demand or Supply? Price Adjustment during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Firm-level Expectations and Behavior in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis
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Sudden Stop: When Did Firms Anticipate the Potential Consequences of COVID-19?
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The Effect of Business Cycle Expectations on the German Apprenticeship Market: Estimating the Impact of COVID-19
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IHME COVID-19 Projections
Public Health and MedicineInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) COVID-19 mortality, infection, testing, hospital resource use, and social distancing projections and research articles.
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ILO COVID-19 and the World of Work
Economic DevelopmentILO hub on global impact and policy responses.
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Indeed Job Postings
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The impact of COVID-19 on labor supply and demand through Indeed Hiring Labs data. Indeed is a a private online job board and job search company. The index is based on new postings directly on Indeed as well as new postings retrieved by Indeed from the net.
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Ireland's COVID-19 Data Hub
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The information presented in this site is based on official figures provided by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) and the Health Service Executive (HSE). Datasets, charts and maps will be updated on an on-going basis and in line with newly published data. This site is built using the GeoHive platform, Ireland's Geospatial Data Hub.
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Johns Hopkins University
Public Health and MedicineThe data repository for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Visual Dashboard operated by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering (JHU CSSE).
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Why is this resource interesting?The Johns Hopkins COVID-19 data "links data from the Robert Koch Institute, the World Health Organization, and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Furthermore, official statistics from the Robert Koch Institute are downward biased on weekends, as some local administrations only report their case numbers on workdays. The data then enter the official statistics on Monday and Tuesday, yielding an upward bias of the statistics on new infections. We find that the data from the Johns Hopkins University (2020) are more robust to these biases." (Hartl, et al. 2020),
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A Literature Review of the Economics of COVID-19
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Black Lives Matter Protests, Social Distancing, and COVID-19
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COVID-19 and the Forces behind Social Unrest
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COVID-19, Race, and Redlining
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Deregulation in a Time of Pandemic: Does Pollution Increase Coronavirus Cases or Deaths?
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Explaining Governors' Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
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Failing to Pull Together: South Africa's Troubled Response to COVID-19
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Home Ownership and Home Equity Promote Entrepreneurial Activity
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Impacts of Social and Economic Factors on the Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China
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Is the Cure Worse than the Disease? County-Level Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
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#13293
Lockdown Strategies, Mobility Patterns and COVID-19
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Occupational Exposure to Contagion and the Spread of COVID-19 in Europe
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On the Effects of COVID-19 Safer-At-Home Policies on Social Distancing, Car Crashes and Pollution
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Projecting the Spread of COVID-19 for Germany
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Public Attention and Policy Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic
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Reacting Quickly and Protecting Jobs: The Short-Term Impacts of the COVID-19 Lockdown on the Greek Labor Market
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Role of Professionalism in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Does a Public Health or Medical Background Help?
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School Closures and Effective In-Person Learning during COVID-19: When, Where, and for Whom
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Should Contact Bans Be Lifted in Germany? A Quantitative Prediction of Its Effects
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
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The Political Scar of Epidemics
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What COVID-19 May Leave Behind: Technology-Related Job Postings in Canada
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KiCo and JuCo: Surveys of Young People and Parents During the Corona Pandemic
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19KiCo
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Research teams from the Universities of Hildesheim and Frankfurt surveyed parents with children under the age of 15. The measures to contain the corona pandemic have changed the everyday life of many families to a considerable extent. How parents and their children feel about it, what their current well-being is, what characterizes their everyday life, how the fit with the rules of daycare, school opening and also employers are - these are the core questions of the online survey "KiCo", which in the Period from April 24th, 2020 - May 3rd, 2020. Over 25,000 people answered at least 95 percent of the questionnaire in this short time and took a lot of time with it.
JuCo
With the JuCo study, young people and young adults between the ages of 15 and 30 should be reached. It's about subjective assessments in various areas, but also about the collection of objective data such as technical equipment. Questions about the current experience at home and in the family, the handling of contact restrictions and satisfaction with it, and the prepandemic perception along the way were central for the survey. Also the following questions were depicted: What are the living conditions, what existential requirements for mastering the new life situation there is? What worries do young people have, and how do they continue to communicate with friends? Over 5,000 adolescents and young adults answered the questionnaire.
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Lockdown Accounting and Working from Home Simulator
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The website presents measures of country-level working from home ability by detailed employment and income subgroups. It also contains a “lockdown simulator” that illustrates the effects of arbitrary sectoral lockdown policies (set by the user) by country.
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Lockdown Accounting
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Luminate - Data, Trends, and Reports on Graduate Labor Market.
Economic DevelopmentLuminate is the home of data, trends, advice and thought leadership on the school leaver and graduate labor market. Providing a fresh voice for the sector, it is aimed at careers advisers, recruiters, employers and anyone interested in labor market information.
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Mercer Global COVID-19 Surveys
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Mercer, an US human resources consulting firm, is conducting a global spot survey to capture and share business responses from companies around the world taken as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. Data are collected and updated with new questions on a monthly basis.
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Report sections include the status of COVID-19 planning, impact on business performance, adaption to the COVID-19 business environment, upcoming salary reviews and workforce adjustments, expatriate-specific and business-traveler concerns and issues, details on post-travel quarantine or self-imposed isolation procedures, flexible working strategy, programs and policies, work organization, and employee engagement, guidance and support provided to employees, return to the workplace and flexing for the future.
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New York Times Tracking of US Reopening for States
Public Health and MedicineThe New York Times is tracking when orders to stay at home are lifted in each state, as well as when broad reopenings are allowed.
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ONE Africa COVID-19 Tracker
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The ONE Africa COVID-19 Tracker has information on the health, economic, and social impacts of the virus on African countries. The Tracker includes a wide range of data to understand where resource gaps exist, how the economies of African countries are being impacted, and how societies and the individuals living within them are affected. The tracker provides insights into questions such as: How many hospital beds and intensive care units do countries currently have? What social protection measures have governments taken to minimize the virus’s impact or limit civil liberties? How has the crisis and resulting economic shutdowns impacted food intake or remittances from relatives living abroad?
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Our World in Data COVID-19 Data
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Over 200 country profiles are available which allow exploring the statistics on the coronavirus pandemic for every country in the world. Every profile includes four sections: deaths, testing, cases, government responses, and the details on the sources of the data.
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A Year of Pandemic: Levels, Changes and Validity of Well-Being Data from Twitter. Evidence from Ten Countries
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An Economic Model of the COVID-19 Epidemic: The Importance of Testing and Age-Specific Policies
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Are COVID Fatalities in the US Higher Than in the EU, and If So, Why?
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COVID-19 Severity: A New Approach to Quantifying Global Cases and Deaths
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COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates and Vaccine Uptake
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Did the Australian Jobkeeper Program Save Jobs by Subsidizing Temporary Layoffs?
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Export-Led Growth after COVID-19: The Case of Portugal
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Failing to Pull Together: South Africa's Troubled Response to COVID-19
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Intergenerational Residence Patterns and COVID-19 Fatalities in the EU and the US
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Lives and Livelihoods: Estimates of the Global Mortality and Poverty Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Neo-Humanism and COVID-19: Opportunities for a Socially and Environmentally Sustainable World
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Pandemic Economics and the Transformation of Health Policy
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Pandemic Meets Pollution: Poor Air Quality Increases Deaths by COVID-19
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The Labour Market Impact of COVID-19: Early Evidence for a Sample of Enterprises from Southern Europe
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Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT)
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government systematically collects information on policy stringency taken by governments to tackle the pandemic since February 2020. OxCGRT collects information on government policy responses across eight dimensions, namely: (i) school closures; (ii) workplace closures; (iii) public event cancellations; (iv) gathering restrictions; (v) public transportation closures; (vi) stay-at-home orders; (vii) restrictions on internal movement; and (viii) international travel bans. These dimensions are then used to calculate response indexes to COVID-19. Each index is rescaled to get a score between 0 and 100 (100 representing the highest degree of strictness/restriction).
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Why is this resource interesting?"This tracker implemented by the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government systematically collects information on the measures taken by governments to tackle the pandemic since February 2020 . OxCGRT is based on publicly avail-able information on 13 indicators of government response (policies such as school closures, ban son public gatherings or travel, etc., and financial indicators such as fiscal or monetary measures). Each indicator is re-scaled to get a score between 0 and 100 (100 representing the highest degree of strictness/restriction)." (IZA DP 13205)
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A Year of Pandemic: Levels, Changes and Validity of Well-Being Data from Twitter. Evidence from Ten Countries
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Are Happier People More Compliant? Global Evidence From Three Large-Scale Surveys During Covid-19 Lockdowns
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Coronavirus and Social Distancing: Do Non-Pharmaceutical-Interventions Work (at Least) in the Short Run?
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COVID-19 Severity: A New Approach to Quantifying Global Cases and Deaths
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Determinants of the Community Mobility during the COVID-19 Epidemic: The Role of Government Regulations and Information
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Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Improve Global Air Quality? New Cross-National Evidence on Its Unintended Consequences
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Exponential Growth Bias in the Prediction of COVID-19 Spread and Economic Expectation
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Failing to Pull Together: South Africa's Troubled Response to COVID-19
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Gimme Shelter. Social Distancing and Income Support in Times of Pandemic
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Hiding the Elephant: The Tragedy of COVID Policy and Its Economist Apologists
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Interventions with Positive Side-Effects: COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions and Infectious Diseases in Europe
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Labour Supply in the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence on Hours, Home Office, and Expectations
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Lockdown Strategies, Mobility Patterns and COVID-19
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Neo-Humanism and COVID-19: Opportunities for a Socially and Environmentally Sustainable World
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Occupational Exposure to Contagion and the Spread of COVID-19 in Europe
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Public Attention and Policy Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic
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Reacting Quickly and Protecting Jobs: The Short-Term Impacts of the COVID-19 Lockdown on the Greek Labor Market
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The Beneficial Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Air Pollution: Evidence from Vietnam
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The Labour Market Impact of COVID-19: Early Evidence for a Sample of Enterprises from Southern Europe
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The Political Scar of Epidemics
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Trust and Compliance to Public Health Policies in Times of COVID-19
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Trust Predicts Compliance with COVID-19 Containment Policies: Evidence from Ten Countries Using Big Data
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Unequal Consequences of COVID-19 across Age and Income: Representative Evidence from Six Countries
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What COVID-19 May Leave Behind: Technology-Related Job Postings in Canada
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Parents During the Corona Crisis
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19A comprehensive overview on the combined effects of the corona crisis on parents, childcare, the labor market and the perspective of partners, has so far been lacking. The study ties in here and examines the effects of the Corona crisis on parents, taking into account both the family and the world of work. It closes a gap in current research on the Corona crisis.
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The study gives an overview of the magnitudes of parent groups affected by the closure of day-nurseries and schools and the changes in the labor market in the months of the lockdown. Four topics that achieved relevance during the crisis are also examined in more detail: parents in systemically relevant professions, working from home as a solution, division of labor between women and men, psychological consequences of the crisis for parents.
The study is based on special evaluations of the latest Microcensus from the German Federal Statistical Office (2018) and on a few special questions injected in German Internet Panel for the Mannheim Corona Study (in German).
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Patients Treated in European Hospitals
Public Health and MedicineCOVID-19 database on patients treated in hospitals of 15 European countries - updated daily (in German).
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Politbarometer-Extra for Corona May 2020
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The "Politbarometer" surveys are performed since 1977 at about monthly intervals by the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen (Institute for election research) for the ZDF (Second German TV network).
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They are intended to poll the opinions and attitudes of eligible Germans with regard to current events and issues as well as to political parties and individual politicians.The data from all polls per year is integrated, documented and archived in one cumulative data record at the GESIS Archive.
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Real-Time Population Survey (RPS)
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The core of the Real-Time Population Survey (RPS) online survey closely follows the core labor market questions in the BLS’s primary household survey, the Current Population Survey (CPS). Because it closely follows the CPS, it is possible to compute labor market estimates consistent with the government measures. This means that the results can be viewed as real-time predictions of the official government statistics, except available up to six weeks ahead of time and updated twice as often. This is one of the key distinctive features compared to other recent studies using online surveys to gauge the state of the US labor market.
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Risklayer Explorer
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Since February 5th Risklayer has been collecting data from across 5,000 sources including websites of districts, federal states and ministries worldwide to provide timely data on COVID-19 statistics. This has taken a life of its own, and turned into a crowd-sourcing effort with many volunteers across the world.
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RWI #CoronaVirusUpdate
Economic DevelopmentCurrent key figures: Economic policy effects of the corona virus.
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Safegraph Places Weekly Patterns
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Base information such as location name, address, category, and brand association for points of interest (POIs) where people spend time or money. Place traffic and demographic aggregations that answer: how often people visit, how long they stay, where they came from, where else they go, and more. Available for ~4.4MM POI. Safegraph updates the Places dataset usually every month with the past month's openings and closings and maintains a persistent key across releases. Safegraph is only temporarily offering the Weekly Patterns dataset which is updated on a weekly basis.
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Weekly Patterns is very similar to Safegraph's normal Patterns product with some differences:
1) Each delivery of Weekly Patterns covers one week starting Monday and ending end of day on Sunday. The data will be available three days later on Wednesday of each week.
2) In Weekly Patterns, Safegraph includes a visits by each hour column to enable to get a more detailed view of the week.
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Science Barometer Special Edition on Corona
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19How important are research results for people in times of the Corona pandemic? According to the public, what role should science play in politics when dealing with Corona? Do citizens feel well informed about Corona?
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The science barometer on Corona is a special edition of the science barometer annually published by Wissenschaft im Dialog. The representative population survey gathers and publishes annual data on public attitudes towards science and research in Germany. The results of the science barometer Corona special edition are based on 1,009 telephone interviews which were conducted on 15 and 16 April 2020 by Kantar on behalf of Wissenschaft im Dialog.
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Situation and Evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Daily update of the situation of COVID-19 in Spain, with geographic information and epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 cases, as well as indicators of the evolution of the pandemic. Results are obtained from the daily aggregated notification of the autonomous communities to the Spanish Ministry of Health (in Spanish).
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Social Protection and Jobs Responses to COVID-19
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Systematic and comprehensive overview of policies introduced to attenuate the labor market disruptions caused by the pandemic: cash transfer programs, unemployment benefits, social security subsidies, wage subsidies, labor market regulation adjustments and shorter work time benefits among others are listed per country (200 countries/territories).
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Spanish Daily Mortality Monitoring System (MoMo)
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19MoMo is a surveillance system shared by European countries aimed at detecting excess deaths related to seasonal influenza, pandemics and other public health threats. In Spain, the information is obtained from the computerized entries in the Civil Registers and Notaries of the Ministry of Justice. The entries account for approximately for 92% of deaths nationwide, although that percentage ranges from 100% to 54% depending on the region (in Spanish).
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The COVID-19 Household Impact Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The COVID-19 Household Impact Survey is a philanthropic effort to provide national and regional statistics about physical health, mental health, economic security, and social dynamics in the United States from the US Data Foundation.
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The Covid19 Impact Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Covid19 Impact survey is assessing citizens feedback on four areas related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain: social contact behavior, financial impact, working situation and health status. A total of 24 questions cover the areas of demographics, their home situation, social contact behavior, personal economic impact, their workplace situation and their health. The survey was responded to by 156,614 participants between the evening of March 28th and April 2nd, 2020.
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TWD R Resources on COVID-19
Technological DevelopmentBest R resources (Shiny app, R packages, code and data) about COVID-19 Coronavirus that you can use freely to analyze the disease outbreak
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Twitter Sentiment Analysis during COVID-19
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Twitter Sentiment Analysis during COVID-19
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Understanding America Study
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19This page provides a summary of information and data from Understanding America Study surveys of attitudes and behaviors around the Novel Coronavirus pandemic in the United States. Currently two surveys are conducted, the UAS Understanding Coronavirus in America (“Covid”) Survey which includes a national bi-weekly long-form survey and a weekly Los Angeles County short-form survey. Reports, toplines, data, and documentation are provided for the full Wave 1 of the UAS Covid survey. Complete data sets for subsequent waves of the long, bi-weekly (national) and short, weekly (Los Angeles County) tracking surveys are posted here as they are completed.
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University College London (UCL) COVID-19 Social Study
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The UCL COVID-19 Social Study is a large panel study of the psychological and social experiences of over 75,000 adults (aged 18+) in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study commenced on 21st March 2020 and involves online weekly data collection from participants for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. The study is not random and therefore is not representative of the UK population. But it does contain a well-stratified sample that was recruited using three primary approaches. First, snowballing was used, including promoting the study through existing networks and mailing lists (including large databases of adults who had previously consented to be involved in health research across the UK), print and digital media coverage, and social media. Second, more targeted recruitment was undertaken focusing on (i) individuals from a low-income background, (ii) individuals with no or few educational qualifications, and (iii) individuals who were unemployed. Third, the study was promoted via partnerships with third sector organizations to vulnerable groups, including adults with pre-existing mental health conditions, older adults, carers, and people experiencing domestic violence or abuse. The study was approved by the UCL Research Ethics Committee [12467/005] and all participants gave informed consent.
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WHO Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Reports
Public Health and MedicineWHO situation reports and rolling updates on COVID-19.
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