Data Resources on the COVID-19 Pandemic
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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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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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Bruegel Datasets: Fiscal Response to the Economic Fallout from the Coronavirus
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19In this dataset the discretionary fiscal responses of EU countries, the United Kingdom and the United States are summarised and compared. Only adopted discretionary fiscal measures are considered.
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Cambridge Core Blog: Country Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Members of the European Health Policy Group and the Anglo-American Health Policy Network, were invited to write 1,200 words on the response of their region or country thus far to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The authors were asked to write their reports on their country/region’s response to the pandemic up to the beginning of April, offering an indication of the justification given for the response (e.g. was it expert-informed, was the response immediate or delayed, was it informed by the experiences of other countries etc.?). In the final third of their reports, the authors were asked to offer a reflection on the response thus far. They were asked to consider what they think has been done well, and what could have been done better.
At the beginning of each month, until the crisis has passed, the authors will be given the opportunity to offer short updates, of 600-800 words, on their country/region’s continuing response to this pandemic and their further reflections on those responses.
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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 EU PolicyWatch
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Eurofound’s COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch aims to map measures introduced to cushion the social and economic effects on businesses, workers and citizens. It also includes information on the role played by social partners in the design and implementation of the measures. Eurofound’s COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch collates information on the responses of government and social partners to the crisis, as well as gathering examples of company practices aimed at mitigating the social and economic impacts.
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COVID-19 Symptom Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The COVID-19 symptom surveys are designed to help researchers better monitor and forecast the spread of COVID-19. In partnership with University of Maryland and Carnegie Mellon University, Facebook users are invited to take surveys conducted by these two partner universities to self-report COVID-19-related symptoms.
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The questionnaire asks about current symptoms, access to testing, testing outcome, and contacts outside of their home. Other items included self-reported household financial outlookand indicators for nervousness, depression, and anxiety, adapted from the K10 scale. A 5 day “look back” period was used for mental health measures, in order to examine these constructs in a rapidly changing environment.
Non-public, non-aggregated US and non-US (daily) survey data are available after Facebook's and partner universities' approval.
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Data Sets for COVID-19 Research on Google Cloud Platform
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19In an effort to help combat COVID-19, Google created a COVID-19 Public Datasets program to make data more accessible to researchers, data scientists and analysts. The program will host a repository of public datasets that relate to the COVID-19 crisis and make them free to access and analyze. These include datasets from the New York Times, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Google, Global Health Data from the World Bank, and OpenStreetMap.
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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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EU Commission Coronavirus Response
Economic DevelopmentEuropean Commission response to COVID-19 for jobs and economy during the coronavirus pandemic.
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EU Data Portal
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19European Data Portal offers a dedicated section for COVID-19 with relevant datasets and data-related initiatives.
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EUA Survey on Digitally Enhanced Learning and Teaching
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19This survey aims to map the situation regarding digitally enhanced learning and teaching at higher education institutions across Europe, regarding benefits, impact and challenges, and plans and strategies for the future. The survey was planned long before the coronavirus crisis started, but it also includes some questions on how higher education institutions are adapting to the changed situation.
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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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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The downloadable data file is updated daily and contains the latest available public data on COVID-19. Each row/entry contains the number of new cases reported per day and per country. You may use the data in line with ECDC’s copyright policy.
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Why is this resource interesting?ECDC data provide the total number of diagnosed COVID.19 infections, the number of deceased patience and the growth rate of COVID-19 around the globe. ECDC examines reports from health authorities worldwide in a systematic way in order to produce the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths every day.
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Are COVID Fatalities in the US Higher Than in the EU, and If So, Why?
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Poverty and COVID-19 in Developing Countries
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Compliance with COVID-19 Social-Distancing Measures in Italy: The Role of Expectations and Duration
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Coronavirus and Social Distancing: Do Non-Pharmaceutical-Interventions Work (at Least) in the Short Run?
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How Do We Think the COVID-19 Crisis Will Affect Our Careers (If Any Remain)?
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Intergenerational Residence Patterns and COVID-19 Fatalities in the EU and the US
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Intergenerational Ties and Case Fatality Rates: A Cross-Country Analysis
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Lockdown Strategies, Mobility Patterns and COVID-19
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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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European Parliament COVID-19 Surveys
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The issues covered focus on an assessment of public measures against the pandemic and on the impact the pandemic has on various aspects of the personal lives of the respondents.
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This dataset [ZA7736] represents the first round of a survey among European citizens about their views on the coronavirus crisis (COVID-19 pandemic). Round 2 [ZA7737] was surveyed in June 2020, round 3 [ZA7738] was surveyed in September and October 2020. Some questions were fielded again in rounds 2 and 3.
Demography: sex; age; age at end of education; head of household; occupation; professional position; employment status; marital status; household composition and household size; region.
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European Skills and Jobs Survey COVID-19 and Labor Market
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Cedefop is designing the second wave of its European skills and jobs survey (ESJS). A second wave, in the first half of 2021, will address the ongoing policy debate about the impact of digitalisation on jobs and the nature of work, as well as heightened concerns about what may be a long-term effect of the coronavirus crisis on EU jobs and skills.
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The new ESJS will collect comparative information from EU Member States on the impact of technological change and digitalisation on workers’ job tasks and skill mismatch, and their readiness to adapt by investing in online learning.
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EUROSTAT Excess Mortality by Month
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The monthly excess mortality indicator is based on the exceptional data collection on weekly deaths that Eurostat set up, in April 2020, to support the policy and research efforts related to Covid-19. With that data collection, Eurostat's target was to provide quickly statistics assessing the changing situation of the total number of deaths on a weekly basis, from early 2020 onwards. National Statistical Institutes transmit available data on total weekly deaths, classified by sex, 5-year age groups and NUTS3 regions (NUTS2016) over the last 20 years, on a voluntary basis. The resulting online tables, and complementary metadata, are available in the folder Weekly deaths - special data collection (demomwk). In December 2020, Eurostat released a European Recovery Statistical Dashboard containing also indicators tracking economic and social developments, including health. In this context, “excess mortality” offers elements for monitoring and further analysing direct and indirect effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The monthly excess mortality indicator draws attention to the magnitude of the crisis by providing a comprehensive comparison of additional deaths amongst the European countries and allowing for further analysis of its causes. The number of deaths from all causes is compared with the expected number of deaths during a certain period in the past. The reasons for an excess mortality may vary according to different phenomena. The indicator is simply comparing the total number of deaths from all causes with the expected number of deaths during a certain period in the past (baseline).
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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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Health System Response Monitor (HSRM)
Public Health and MedicineThe Health System Response Monitor (HSRM) has been designed in response to the COVID-19 outbreak to collect and organize up-to-date information on how countries are responding to the crisis. It focuses primarily on the responses of health systems but also captures wider public health initiatives.
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IAB/ZEW Start-Up-Panel Special Surveys
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19As part of the annual IAB/ZEW start-up panel - by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB, Nuremberg) and the ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, a special survey will be held this year on the effects of the corona pandemic. Crisis management is being analyzed for young companies to better understand the labor market effects of young companies and their possible problems on the labor market. The focus will deal with liquidity problems and consequences of statutory shutdowns. Important issues include not only the extent to which young companies take personnel measures, such as applying for short-time work benefits, reducing working hours, arranging home offices, etc. But also to what extent young companies were able to conquer market niches due to the corona pandemic. It is planned to repeat this survey in autumn 2020 to find out how the companies will develop.
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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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Joint Research Centre Survey on COVID-19
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The JRC Covid-19 online survey collects information on citizens’ lives since the implementation of confinement measures The survey targets citizens living in EU member states but remains open to the global population. Specifically, the survey gathers information on employment and living conditions, trust in the national, regional and European institutions and attitudes towards the exit strategies that are being put in place. In addition, rotating thematic modules evaluate interactions within the household, homeschooling of children, individual and community resilience, energy consumption and transport use, values and attitudes towards data sharing through mobile apps.
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Oxford Supertracker - The Global Directory for COVID Policy Trackers and Surveys
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Oxford COVID-19 ‘Supertracker’ is a ‘precious compass to help policy-makers' around the world, according to leading international institutions.
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Numerous organizations have produced trackers to allow policy-makers and stakeholders to follow and evaluate policy changes and their impact on the pandemic in the UK, Europe and across the world. The Oxford ‘Supertracker’ project makes this information freely available with one tool, allowing users to search and identify international policy.
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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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Rapid Action Coronavirus Earth Observation (Race)
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The European Space Agency ESA and the European Commission have set up a new internet platform with data from Earth observation. The project, called "Rapid Action Coronavirus Earth Observation" (Race) uses satellite images from the Copernicus earth observation program and provides information on environmental pollution, economic activity or traffic.
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SHARE's COVID-19 Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The data collected with this questionnaire will allow examining in depth how the risk group of the older individuals is coping with the health-related and socioeconomic impact of COVID-19. The great advantage of these data will be the possibility to measure and interpret differences in a cross-country and a longitudinal dimension.
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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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Standard Eurobarometer 93 - Summer 2020: The EU and the Coronavirus Outbreak
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19he survey addresses topics such as: • the political and economic situation in Europe • how Europeans perceive their political institutions (both national governments/parliaments and the EU institutions) • attitudes to European citizenship and other key policy areas • perceptions of the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences.
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The COVID-19 related traffic reduction and decreased air pollution in Europe
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19European data-driven insights indicate that the reduction of traffic may be associated with improved air quality thanks to the reduction in some pollutants. However, more data is needed to conclude a causal relationship.
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The WPRN 2021 Conference
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19On the 9th and 10th of December, participate in the 1st Conference on the Impacts of Covid-19 (#WPRN21) , organised by the World Pandemic Research Network and sponsored by the International Science Council, the Netias and Ubias networks, the European Alliance for the Social Sciences and the Humanities, and the Union académique internationale.
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#WPRN21 will be the first international forum for researchers and practitioners from all areas of expertise and backgrounds working on the human, economic, and societal impacts of Covid-19 to present ongoing projects, share and disseminate insights and results, and to make connections for future collaboration.
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WHO Tool for Behavioural Insights on COVID-19
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19A WHO tool for rapid, flexible and cost-effective monitoring of public knowledge, risk perceptions, behaviours and trust is now available to countries in the WHO European Region to make their COVID-19-related response relevant and actionable.
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Working Life in the COVID-19 Pandemic 2021
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19This publication consists of individual country reports on working life during 2021 for 28 countries – the 27 EU Member States and Norway. The country reports summarise evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on working life based on national research and survey results during 2021. They outline the policy responses of governments and social partners in their efforts to cushion the socioeconomic effects and include a focus on policy areas related to adapting to the pandemic and the return to work. This includes in particular a focus on new health and safety arrangements at work, new work arrangements, policies to address labour shortages and wages and wage setting. The reports also explore the impact of the pandemic on social dialogue, collective bargaining and industrial action.
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