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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American Life Panel Survey on Impacts of COVID-19
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19A survey fielded through the RAND American Life Panel (ALP) to assess the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on individuals and households across a variety of topics. Three times per year, all panel members are asked to complete a survey that contains demographic information and questions about their employment status, household composition, health status, well-being, and health insurance.
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Canadian Perspective Survey Series
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Canadian Perspectives Survey Series (CPSS) involves people who agree to complete about six very short online surveys over a period of one year (about one every two months) using randomly sample households from the Labor Force Survey (LFS) out-going rotation groups.
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The first survey of the series focused on the impacts of COVID-19. The second survey of the series focused on monitoring the effect of COVID-19. The third survey of the series focuses on the gradual reopening of economic and social activities during COVID-19.
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Consumer Pyramids Household Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Consumer Pyramids Household Survey (CPHS), produced by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), is the world's largest household panel survey, a continuous survey of more than 174,000 households in India. CPHS revisits its entire sample in three four-month waves each year, permitting longitudinal analysis starting in January 2014. Overall, CPHS aims to get a sense of the economic well-being of households in India and changes in their well-being over time. Since each household is surveyed three times per year, the survey allows up to five observations per person, subject to attrition, and provide us with a pre- and post-pandemic panel of individuals.
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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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Economic Tracker of Opportunity Insights
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Opportunity Insights Economic Tracker (https://tracktherecovery.org) combines anonymized data from leading private companies – from credit card processors to payroll firms – to provide a real-time picture of indicators such as employment rates, consumer spending, and job postings across counties, industries, and income groups.
The data were made freely available in order to assist in efforts to inform the public, policymakers, and researchers about the real-time state of the economy and the effects of COVID-19.- Geocoded geographic identifier;
- spending data from Affinity Solutions;
- job postings data from Burning Glass Technologies;
- COVID cases, deaths, tests, and vaccination numbers from the CDC;
- GPS mobility from Google COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports;
- employment levels from Paychex, Intuit, Earnin and Kronos;
- unemployment insurance claims data from the Department of Labor;
- small business openings and revenue data from Womply;
- online math learning data from Zearn;
- key state-level policy dates relevant for changes in other series trends and values.
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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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PlaceIQ COVID-19 Consumer Movement Data
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19PlaceIQ is a data and technology company that provides foot traffic data from mobile devices across the US to understand how people move around the world, and how that changed after COVID-19.
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Social Impact of COVID-19 Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Social Impact of COVID-19 survey from the Central Statistics Office, Ireland was undertaken to measure the impact COVID-19 has had on Irish society in April 2020. This survey includes such topics as personal well-being, personal concerns related to COVID-19, changes in consumption behaviour and working life since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE)
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Job Search Supplement to the Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE) administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been administered annually each October since 2013. The supplement asks a broad range of questions on one’s current employment state, job search activity, employment history, and work preferences (e.g., reservation wage, desired work hours). SCE data are for October of each year, so the 2020 survey elicits responses about six months after the initial spike in Covid cases and lockdown period, while the 2021 survey elicits responses between the major waves of the delta and omicron Covid variants and during a period of relatively strong labor market growth. The 2020 and 2021 SCE Job Search Supplements have additional survey questions that focus on issues specific to the Covid pandemic. These include follow-ups to its questions on reasons for not looking for work and reasons for part-time search that elicit whether the Covid pandemic accounted for these reasons and in what way (e.g., child care issues, fear of contracting the virus, caring for someone who was sick, etc.). The new questions also ask about schooling, online learning, and other aspects of the household that may affect the respondent’s labor supply decision.
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The COVID-19 Research Database
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The COVID-19 research database enables public health and policy researchers to use real-world data to better understand and combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The database is a pro-bono, cross-industry collaborative, composed of institutions donating technology service, healthcare expertise, and limited and de-identified data. The database is a public-private consortium organized by Datavant, Health Care Cost Institute, Medidata, Mirador Analytics, Veradigm, Change Healthcare, Snowflake and many others.
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The database can be accessed by academic, scientific and medical researchers conducting real-world data studies related to COVID-19. Although researchers may come from any sector, only non-profit, non-commercial projects related to COVID-19 or pandemics will be considered. All results must be made publicly available, preferably through peer-reviewed publications. To get access, first register as a researcher on the homepage
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The Singapore Life Panel
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Each month, an active panel of 11,000 Singaporeans aged 50 to 70 years (couples and single people) are asked questions about their income, expenditure, health, work and housing choices.
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The panel allows to study COVID-19 impact on household consumption spending and labor market outcomes jointly. And to investigate how and why COVID-19 has affected these outcomes through rich information on individual characteristics such as risk avoidance behavior, saving, perceived economic uncertainty, and chronic health conditions,
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