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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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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Cornell's arXiv COVID-19 quick search
Open Access Full Texts Related to COVID-19Cornell's arXiv is a free distribution service and an interdisciplinary open-access archive.
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Corona Compass
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Corona Compass study, conducted by infratest dimap, is based on a representative sample of the German population eligible to vote in Germany and with an online access. A standard set of questions includes, among other things, the extent to which corona infections are affected in the personal environment, the evaluation of government measures as a whole, the assessment of various individual measures by the state and of companies, the subjective risk assessment of infection, basic attitudes towards economic and political situation and other key indicators. The standard set has been expanded and modified several times recording the acceptance of new measures that are becoming increasingly important in the public discussion. In addition, the Corona Compass collects various questions from basic behavioral and social science research.
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As such, it is one of the few representative surveys of (family) well-being that exists for Germany. The COMPASS study has more observations and more information on families than other special well-being surveys taken during the COVID-19 crisis.
The data includes satisfaction in three areas that are important for the well-being of families, namely general life satisfaction, satisfaction with family life, and satisfaction with childcare. The data also includes detailed questions on whether individuals with dependent children in the household are affected by school and day care center closures, on the degree to which they feel restricted by public measures taken to contain COVID-19, and on the extent to which they work from home (in German).
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COVID-19 Trends and Impact Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The University of Maryland Social Data Science Center Global COVID-19 Trends and Impact Survey, in partnership with Facebook is a partnership between Facebook and academic institutions. The survey is available in 56 languages. A representative sample of Facebook users is invited on a daily basis to report on topics including, for example, symptoms, social distancing behavior, vaccine acceptance, mental health issues, and financial constraints. Facebook provides weights to reduce nonresponse and coverage bias. Country and region-level statistics are published daily via public API and dashboards, and microdata is available for researchers via data use agreements. Over half a million responses are collected daily. Data for the United States is not included in the Global COVID-19 Trends and Impact Survey but is available at covidcast.cmu.edu As of June 25, 2022, the COVID-19 Trends and Impact Survey will no longer collect new survey data. Historical data will continue to be available.
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Facebook Community Support
Social MediaFacebook's news site on new tools, and initiatives supporting health and economic relief efforts.
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GESIS & ZBW da|ra
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19GESIS Leibniz and ZBW Leibniz DOI registration service for social science and economic data on COVID-19.
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idw Tools for Research
Open Access Full Texts Related to COVID-19The idw scientific information service is the news portal for up-to-date information from science and research about research projects, research results, scientific publications on COVID-19.
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infas Corona Data Platform
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The infas Institute for Applied Social Science and infas 360, together with the IHPH - Institute for Hygiene and Public Health at the University Hospital Bonn, were commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and to set up an accompanying data platform for the COVID-19 epidemic.
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This should continuously record framework data, pandemic-related developments and containment measures on a regional basis. The data platform serves as the basis for statistical analyzes and modeling and thus ultimately for evidence-based policy advice. After registration, the data can be downloaded free of charge for research and science (in German).
Since April 1, 2021, in addition to the regional infection data (infections, recovered persons, deaths, intensive care units), which are updated daily in the data platform, other data sets have been brought up to date and expanded with new indicators.
Monthly labor market development for cities and districts; daily data on the progress of Covid-19 vaccinations at state level; deaths and excess mortality per federal state; monthly weather data at district level.
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Johns Hopkins University
Public Health and MedicineThe data repository for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Visual Dashboard operated by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering (JHU CSSE).
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Why is this resource interesting?The Johns Hopkins COVID-19 data "links data from the Robert Koch Institute, the World Health Organization, and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Furthermore, official statistics from the Robert Koch Institute are downward biased on weekends, as some local administrations only report their case numbers on workdays. The data then enter the official statistics on Monday and Tuesday, yielding an upward bias of the statistics on new infections. We find that the data from the Johns Hopkins University (2020) are more robust to these biases." (Hartl, et al. 2020),
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A Literature Review of the Economics of COVID-19
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Black Lives Matter Protests, Social Distancing, and COVID-19
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COVID-19 and the Forces behind Social Unrest
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COVID-19, Race, and Redlining
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Deregulation in a Time of Pandemic: Does Pollution Increase Coronavirus Cases or Deaths?
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Explaining Governors' Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
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Failing to Pull Together: South Africa's Troubled Response to COVID-19
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Home Ownership and Home Equity Promote Entrepreneurial Activity
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Impacts of Social and Economic Factors on the Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China
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Is the Cure Worse than the Disease? County-Level Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
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Lockdown Strategies, Mobility Patterns and COVID-19
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Occupational Exposure to Contagion and the Spread of COVID-19 in Europe
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On the Effects of COVID-19 Safer-At-Home Policies on Social Distancing, Car Crashes and Pollution
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Projecting the Spread of COVID-19 for Germany
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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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Role of Professionalism in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Does a Public Health or Medical Background Help?
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School Closures and Effective In-Person Learning during COVID-19: When, Where, and for Whom
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Should Contact Bans Be Lifted in Germany? A Quantitative Prediction of Its Effects
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
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The Political Scar of Epidemics
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What COVID-19 May Leave Behind: Technology-Related Job Postings in Canada
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Microsoft's Open Data Initiative
Social MediaMicrosoft has announced a global open data campaign to increase the value of open data for the community.
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NHS Digital Data
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19National Health Service England Digital (NHS) is the national digital, data and technology delivery partner for the NHS and social care system. They design, build, deploy and operate national products, platforms and data services for patients, clinicians, and clinical researchers in the NHS, academia and the life sciences sector.
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Happy to Help: The Welfare Effects of a Nationwide Micro-Volunteering Programme
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Measuring Geographical Disparities in England at the Time of COVID-19: Results Using a Composite Indicator of Population Vulnerability
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Unmet Health Care Need and Income-Related Horizontal Equity in Access during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Research and Corona in German Universities
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19For the first time, there is a nationwide compilation of over 320 projects that colleges, universities and university hospitals are pursuing as part of the corona pandemic. This unique overview, which the Bundesverband Hochschulkommunikation e. V. (Federal Association for Higher Education Communication) published, shows the variety of activities of German universities.
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Broken down according to main topics such as drug and vaccine research, models/data, technology, other health issues, economy, society, politics, and in more detail according to subject areas such as bioinformatics, medical ethics, financial services and finance the compilation allows a quick overview of the diverse activities of German universities (in German).
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Science Barometer Special Edition on Corona
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19How important are research results for people in times of the Corona pandemic? According to the public, what role should science play in politics when dealing with Corona? Do citizens feel well informed about Corona?
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The science barometer on Corona is a special edition of the science barometer annually published by Wissenschaft im Dialog. The representative population survey gathers and publishes annual data on public attitudes towards science and research in Germany. The results of the science barometer Corona special edition are based on 1,009 telephone interviews which were conducted on 15 and 16 April 2020 by Kantar on behalf of Wissenschaft im Dialog.
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SEAN COVID-19 Survey Archive
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19This searchable, open-access archive houses probability-based surveys on the COVID-19 pandemic conducted in the United States and internationally. Source materials are available via the open-access SEAN COVID-19 Survey Archive, with full-text search and retrieval of individual questions and related materials.
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The archive contains more than 350 surveys from the United States and 35 other countries (July 2020), It supports the Societal Experts Action Network (SEAN), an expert group convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, in collaboration with the National Science Foundation, to connect policymakers, researchers and the public with critical social, behavioral and economic inquiry relating to the pandemic.
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The Verge
Open Access Full Texts Related to COVID-19A guide to the COVID-19 pandemic. The science, the tech response and what one can do. American technology news website operated by Vox Media.
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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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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.
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TWD R Resources on COVID-19
Technological DevelopmentBest R resources (Shiny app, R packages, code and data) about COVID-19 Coronavirus that you can use freely to analyze the disease outbreak
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