Few singular events in the past decades have affected the lives of the general population so rapidly but also comprehensively than the spread of Sars-CoV-2. Urgent questions arise as to the medical and health impacts of COVID-19; the social, psychological, economic, and political factors that play a role in its spread; and the consequences thereof. We argue that longitudinal household survey data is needed to study the acute, medium-term, and long-term socio-economic factors in and consequences of the spread of the coronavirus. The German SOEP-CoV study, a collaboration between the University of Bielefeld and the Socio-Economic Panels Study (SOEP) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), aims at providing such a research data infrastructure. In our presentation, we will discuss the survey design of the SOEP-CoV study. Moreover, we will present selected research results on social inequality in the coronavirus pandemic based on our first wave survey data collected April through June 2020.
Presented by:
Dr. Simon Kühne (Bielefeld University) & Prof. Stefan Liebig (FU Berlin & DIW)
Date & time:
January 20, 2021 12:30 pm - January 20, 2021 1:30 pm
Venue:
https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/91311865909 Please note that this event is open to everyone, but those outside of Essex need to register by simply sending their names to iserseminars@essex.ac.uk.
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