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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CLEAR Project Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19In order to analyze the impact of COVID-19 measures on households and women in Italy, the researchers used a representative sample of 800 Italian women interviewed in April and July 2019 with the purpose of understanding inequalities in women’s work, savings and pensions. In April 2020, the project repeated the interviews, adding specific questions related to the the COVID-19 crisis.
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The survey was designed to gather data on four main areas that may have been affected by the health emergency: work, housework, childcare and home schooling. The questions asked, show whether the women and their partners were allowed to continue working at their jobs after the lockdown and its effects during the first phase of the emergency.
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Digitising Europe Pulse - European Resilience in Times of COVID-19
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The survey was conducted by Kantar who have interviewed 13,000 people from 13 EU member states via an online survey for the Vodafone Institute for Society and Communications. The survey is the second edition of the “Digitizing Europe Pulse” series, which the Vodafone Institute is conducting on a quarterly basis. Main topics are: technical equipment and performance meeting the challenges with COVID-19, perceiving and managing measures taken by national governments, access to a digital infrastructure that helps to cope successfully with everyday life, acceptance of corona apps, COVID-19 crisis management of the national governments, inter-European cooperation and cohesion among Europeans, short-time work, quality of life in the long term
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Employment and Establishment
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Institute for Employment Research (IAB) is conducting a repeated special online survey on the corona pandemic investigating daily work routine, changes in working life, and existing uncertainties as part of the study “Employment and Establishment” (in German).
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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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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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Expert List: The COVID-19 Crisis and its Consequences
Economic DevelopmentThe global coronavirus pandemic is already having drastic consequences: The educational sector, the economy, the world of work in general, but also human interaction will probably be different after the crisis than before. To deal with this in a meaningful way, scientific facts are more important than ever, both during the crisis itself and for the time after it. Experts from the University of Hohenheim can provide information on the various aspects of the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences.
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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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Fraunhofer Coronavirus Home Office Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19On April 1, 2020, the Fraunhofer FIT started a home office survey. The aim is to find out how employees experience the situation and analyze where there is room for improvement in the future. Changes in time and learning processes over the duration should also be considered. First results have been published (in German).
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High-frequency Online Personal Panel (HOPP): Life and Work Situations in Times of Corona
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The High-Frequency Online Personal Panel (HOPP) is a monthly (after the August 2020 wave, the panel became bimonthly) online panel survey developed by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). HOPP is based on a random sample of 200,000 individuals, which was drawn from the Integrated Employment Biographies (IEB) of the IAB. The IEB includes the universe of employees subject to social insurance contributions, registered unemployed individuals, unemployment and welfare benefit recipients, and job seekers. Thus, HOPP is representative of the employable population in Germany. Furthermore, the survey data can be linked to the administrative data of the IAB if the respondents provided informed consent for such linkage.
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The survey aims to reflect changes in the social and working life of individuals during the covid19 pandemic, for example with regard to the following aspects: Development of employment relationships (regular, self-employment, mini-jobs), short-time work (extent, increase in remuneration through the employer, taking up sideline jobs), social and financial security, working hours, home office ,and childcare.
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Life and Employment in Times of Corona
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Institute for Employment Research (IAB) is conducting a survey (N=200.000, 15 minutes) how the corona crisis is affecting the (working) life of people in Germany (in German).
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LISS Panel
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19To analyze changes in work arrangements, behaviors, beliefs and expectations dur-ing the COVID-19 crisis economists from the University of Bonn, IZA and the University of Tilburg surveyed around 5,500 individuals in the Netherlands from March 20-31. The researchers compared work arrangements at the onset of the crisis and shortly after social-distancing policies were implemented.
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Drivers of Working Hours and Household Income Dynamics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of the Netherlands
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Job Search during a Pandemic Recession: Survey Evidence from the Netherlands
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Labour Supply during Lockdown and a "New Normal": The Case of the Netherlands
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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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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Mental Health: Disentangling Crucial Channels
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NEPS Research on COVID-19 and Education
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19As part of the NEPS (National Educational Panel Study), the largest long-term education study in Germany, all participants are being interviewed on the occasion of the corona pandemic. In the current as well as all future surveys the researchers want to determine the current experiences and impressions of the NEPS participants in times of the corona crisis and thus make them useful for educational research.
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The focus is on questions about people's everyday lives in school, work and family: How have you been doing since the outbreak of the corona pandemic? How has your everyday life changed? What are you worried about? What has perhaps also developed positively?
All data collected in this way can be used to obtain a differentiated picture of the corona effects on the educational biographies of the respondents (in German).
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Parents During the Corona Crisis
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19A comprehensive overview on the combined effects of the corona crisis on parents, childcare, the labor market and the perspective of partners, has so far been lacking. The study ties in here and examines the effects of the Corona crisis on parents, taking into account both the family and the world of work. It closes a gap in current research on the Corona crisis.
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The study gives an overview of the magnitudes of parent groups affected by the closure of day-nurseries and schools and the changes in the labor market in the months of the lockdown. Four topics that achieved relevance during the crisis are also examined in more detail: parents in systemically relevant professions, working from home as a solution, division of labor between women and men, psychological consequences of the crisis for parents.
The study is based on special evaluations of the latest Microcensus from the German Federal Statistical Office (2018) and on a few special questions injected in German Internet Panel for the Mannheim Corona Study (in German).
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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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Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Socio-Economic Impact (SEI) project focuses on data collection to support research on the short- and medium-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related (de)confinement measures in Luxembourg on individuals and their households in terms of work and living conditions, daily activities and mobility, and (not directly COVID-19 related) health and health behaviours. To that purpose, a large-scale survey has been developed which forms the basis for monitoring the impact of the outbreak and associated policy measures on (a) work and living conditions, (b) daily activities and mobility, (c) time use and household interactions and (d) health and health behaviours.
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Phase 2 of the large-scale survey that was launched in March 2021 and examines the long-term effects of the crisis. Similar to the Phase 1 previous survey launched, this large online survey is aimed at all residents in Luxembourg aged 16 and over, whether they are workers, students, retirees, high school students. The survey is also accessible to cross-border workers, who have also been affected by this crisis. The survey covers health (physical and mental), employment and working patterns, daily activities, mobility, family interactions, etc.
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The COVID-19 Household Impact Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The COVID-19 Household Impact Survey is a philanthropic effort to provide national and regional statistics about physical health, mental health, economic security, and social dynamics in the United States from the US Data Foundation.
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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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Working Life in the COVID-19 Pandemic 2021
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19This publication consists of individual country reports on working life during 2021 for 28 countries – the 27 EU Member States and Norway. The country reports summarise evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on working life based on national research and survey results during 2021. They outline the policy responses of governments and social partners in their efforts to cushion the socioeconomic effects and include a focus on policy areas related to adapting to the pandemic and the return to work. This includes in particular a focus on new health and safety arrangements at work, new work arrangements, policies to address labour shortages and wages and wage setting. The reports also explore the impact of the pandemic on social dialogue, collective bargaining and industrial action.
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World Happiness Report 2021
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The World Happiness Report 2021 focuses on the effects of COVID-19 and how people all over the world have fared. The report's focus is on the effects of COVID-19 on the structure and quality of people’s lives, and second to describe and evaluate how governments all over the world have dealt with the pandemic.
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