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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COVID-19, Face Mask Usage and Cooperation
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19This study investigates the relationship between face mask usage and cooperative behaviour in the US population during the Covid-19 pandemic. Social preferences are assumed to be one of the main determining factors of face mask usage. However, the decision to wear a face mask in public could also signal the wearer’s latent political identity, subsequently altering other’s perception of the wearer’s willingness to cooperate. The bi-directional relationship between these two variables is investigated in a randomised online survey experiment.
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Family Life in Lockdown
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The project studies the personal and family consequences of mass-scale social isolation on individuals’ mental health and well-being caused by COVID-19.
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Through the lens of household and gender economic models, as well as language and discourse analysis, the project describes the alterations in the daily life of Italian and British citizens.
An online survey instrument was designed for adults and one for children that focus on understanding how the daily routine has been modified; what process has lead to the current division of labor within the household; the repercussions on personal well-being, family tension, beliefs and aspirations, risk attitudes, trust and cooperation within and outside of the household.
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Impacts of social and economic factors on the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China
Open Access Full Texts Related to COVID-19This study models local and cross-city transmissions of the novel coronavirus in China between January and February, 2020. The role of various socioeconomic mediating factors was examined, including public health measures that encourage social distancing in local communities. Weather characteristics are used as instrumental variables for causal inference.
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On the Stability of Risk Preferences: Measurement Matters
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The data were collected at universities in different countries (Czechia, India, Mexico, and Spain) as part of a research project on language learning and migration intentions among university students. During the baseline survey, collected in 2019, prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, respondents were requested a permission to be contacted again for a follow-up survey, which took place in December 2020 and January 2021. The sample was restricted to countries with at least 20 respondents in the follow-up survey.
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In both waves, the same two measures for risk attitudes were collected: self-assessed willingness to take risks (“stated willingness to take risks”), and an incentivized lottery decision task (“elicited willingness to take risks”). To measure within-individual variation in willingness to take risks, the sample was restricted to those respondents with information on both measures in both surveys who were still students at the time of the follow-up survey. The estimation sample consists of 303 individuals with information on risk preferences from 9 universities in Czechia, India, Mexico, and Spain; the share of women in the sample is 57% and the median age is 21 years.
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Open Access Epidemiologic Data and an Interactive Dashboard to Monitor the COVID-19 Outbreak in Canada
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group is collecting publicly available information on confirmed and presumptive positive cases during the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in Canada. Data are entered in a spreadsheet with each line representing a unique case, including age, sex, health region location, and history of travel where available. Sources are included as a reference for each entry. All data are exclusively collected from publicly available sources including government reports and news media.
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Replication Data for: Covid-19 Crisis and Hostility Against Foreigners
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Εxperimental data on a large, nationally-representative sample. The size and diversity of sample allows to explore whether the observed effects of COVID-19 on hostility against foreigners is a broad response spanning across demographics, or behavior that characterizes certain demographic sub-groups of the population.
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SFU Economics COVID-19 Research Data
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Data used on COVID-19 vaccination numbers, cases and deaths for all ten Canadian provinces, as well as for France, Italy, Germany and Spain until Oct. 2021. Announcement and implementation dates of the proof of vaccination mandates were collected from the respective government websites and major newspapers.
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Work at Home Index
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19This repository contains the code and data underlying the note "How Many Jobs Can be Done at Home?" by Jonathan I. Dingel and Brent Neiman. The researchers classify the feasibility of working at home for all occupations and merge this classification with occupational employment counts. The occupational classification is applied to 85 other countries. Other researchers have applied the measures to Australian occupational codes and to US state-level.
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Being on the Frontline? Immigrant Workers in Europe and the COVID-19 Pandemic
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COVID-19 School Closures and Parental Labor Supply in the United States
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COVID-19, Stay-At-Home Orders and Employment: Evidence from CPS Data
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Employment Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic across Metropolitan Status and Size
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From Mancession to Shecession: Women's Employment in Regular and Pandemic Recessions
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How Does the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Labor Demand? An Analysis Using Job Board Data From Austria
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Initial Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Employment and Hours of Self-Employed Coupled and Single Workers by Gender and Parental Status
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Job Search during the COVID-19 Crisis
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
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The Short-Term Economic Consequences of COVID-19: Occupation Tasks and Mental Health in Canada
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What COVID-19 May Leave Behind: Technology-Related Job Postings in Canada
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Which Jobs Are Done from Home? Evidence from the American Time Use Survey
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Who are the Essential and Frontline Workers?
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Work That Can Be Done from Home: Evidence on Variation within and across Occupations and Industries
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