Preparing for a Pandemic: Accelerating Vaccine Availability
2021
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The UChicago Inclusive Economy Lab and the Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation have embarked on a series of joint research projects to better understand the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on small businesses and households. Scroll down for the latest results.
Researchers are analyzing daily time-card data for nearly 40,000 small businesses in the United States, tracking changes in hours worked before and after the COVID-19 crisis began. In collaboration with , data includes varying sizes of small businesses across 10 industries.
Researchers conducted a multiple-wave COVID-19 household panel survey with respondents in the United States between April to October 2020. Academics gathered frequent data from the same group of respondents over time to better understand how individuals were coping with the pandemic.
Researchers conducted small business welfare surveys and documented how small businesses in the United States have been affected by the COVID-19 crisis.
Researchers are studying the economic impact of COVID-19 on a nationally representative sample of Indian households, examining how incomes have changed, how households are coping, and how this varies across sociodemographic groups and states in India.
Researchers at the Rustandy Center are compiling datasets related to the COVID-19 crisis.