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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A Tracker of Trackers: COVID-19 Policy Responses and Data
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19A massive collection of COVID-19 policy trackers and data. It covers cross-country research in the areas of non-pharmaceutical interventions, economic and social policy responses, public attitudes, politics and media coverage.
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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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CHS COVID-19 Control Strategies List (CCCSL)
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Worldwide, governments have implemented country-specific control strategies to . However, were those measures effective? Researchers at the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) Vienna are building a comprehensive database of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) taken by the governments worldwide in order to prevent the introduction and mitigate the spread of the virus, and to assess the impact of these actions on the spread of the COVID-19 in the respective countries. Students, researchers, and volunteers are collecting data from public sources on the implemented NPIs, including the time schedules for the implementation.
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The dataset describes the implemented NPIs for 54 countries, including the Diamond Princess cruise ship. Measures implemented at the subnational level (state, region, city) are also included.
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Current Monthly Reports - Deutsche Bundesbank
Economic DevelopmentThe monthly reports handle economic issues, including in particular monetary policy, and financial and economic policy issues (latest month always in German).
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Economic Policy Uncertainty Index
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Economic Policy Uncertainty – Index is constructed from three types of underlying components. The first and most flexible component quantifies newspaper coverage of policy-related economic uncertainty. This newspaper-based approach is also used for the majority of other country- and topic-specific indexes. The second component of the index (for the United States) draws on reports by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that compile lists of temporary federal tax code provisions. The third component of the policy-related uncertainty (for the United States) index draws on the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Survey of Professional Forecasters.
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Pandemic-Era Uncertainty
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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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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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German Short-Time Work Government Statisics
Open Access Full Texts Related to COVID-19This information platform provides monthly and yearly government statistics and time series on short time work (also on district level), (in German).
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IMF Policy Tracker
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The policy tracker summarizes the key economic responses governments are taking to limit the human and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tracker includes 197 economies and focuses on discretionary actions and might not fully reflect the policies taken by countries in response to COVID-19, such as automatic insurance mechanisms and existing social safety nets which differ across countries in their breadth and scope.
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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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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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RWI #CoronaVirusUpdate
Economic DevelopmentCurrent key figures: Economic policy effects of the corona virus.
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Sustainable Development Report 2021
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Sustainable Development Report 2021 presents the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index and Dashboards for all UN member states, outlines the short-term impacts of COVID-19 on the SDGs, and describes how the SDGs can frame the recovery. It was prepared by teams of independent experts at the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Bertelsmann Stiftung.
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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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Tracking Public Health and Social Measures (PHSM)
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of organizations have begun tracking implementation of Public health and social measures (PHSMs) around the world, using different data collection methods, database designs and classification schemes. A unique collaboration between WHO, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, ACAPS, University of Oxford, Global Public Health Intelligence Network, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Complexity Science Hub Vienna has brought these datasets together, using a common taxonomy and structure, into a single, open-content dataset for public use.
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The project has two stages and different databases are associated with each stage: in stage 1, the datasets from each of the seven providers were formatted and coded but not cleaned or altered, apart from standardizing country, territory or area names to those used by the WHO. This database has duplicate records if more than one dataset reported the same measure. In stage 2, duplicates were removed, PHSM coding was validated and verified beyond what the dataset providers have already done, additional variables were coded for each measure, and records are closed if the measure is no longer in place.