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 Open Data Initiative: Job Postings from Burning Glass
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Database of more than a billion current and historical job postings from Burning Glass Technologies to measure economic shocks effects on the job market.
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Emsi Burning Glass Data Basic
Economic DevelopmentEmsi (Burning Glass) gathers and integrates economic, labor market, demographic, education, profile, and job posting data from dozens of government and private-sector sources, creating a comprehensive and current dataset that includes both published data and detailed estimates with full US coverage.
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German Job Search Panel
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The German Job Search Panel is a longitudinal survey that follows people who register as job seeking over the course of up to two years. The focus of the survey is on job seekers’ well-being and health. An innovative survey app is used to allow for frequent measurement every month and for conducting the experience sampling method. The collected data may be linked to administrative records of the Federal Employment Agency, provided that people give their consent. A subsample of surveyed job seekers took part in hair sampling to measure their cortisol levels. In this report, we describe the sampling procedure, adjustments over the recruitment period and the collected data. We moreover examine selective participation in the panel. It turns out that high-skilled workers, young individuals and women were more likely to sign up. Age increases the probability to take part in the hair sampling. People working in East Germany were more likely to consent to the linkage of survey data and administrative records.
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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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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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Online job board in China, Zhaopin.com
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Zhaopin.com is an online job search engine, which avails recruitment information that is released by employers to job seekers and facilitates job hunting and job information services. Founded in 1994, Zhaopin.com has become the largest online recruitment platform in China, covering almost all the occupations available in the urban labor market (except for civil servants in public sectors).
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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 Global Covid-19 Student Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Global COVID-19 Student Survey aims to provide data on a population that has been profoundly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic: university students. The survey asks current students: how their educational experiences have been affected in spring 2020, how their housing situation has changed and potentially affected their studies, what their intentions are for study in Fall 2020, how their job market prospects have changed as a result of the pandemic, how their expectations about future job market success and job priorities have changed, what are their perceptions of the pandemic are and their preferences over risk, time, and trust.
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