Code and Data for: Measuring the Impact of COVID-19 on Businesses and People: Lessons from the Census Bureau’s Experience

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Catherine Buffington, US Census Bureau; Jason Fields, US Census Bureau; Lucia Foster, US Census Bureau

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Project Citation: 

Buffington, Catherine, Fields, Jason, and Foster, Lucia. Code and Data for:  Measuring the Impact of COVID-19 on Businesses and People: Lessons from the Census Bureau’s Experience. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2021. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-05-10. https://doi.org/10.3886/E138041V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We provide an overview of Census Bureau activities to enhance the consistency, timeliness, and relevance of our data products in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We highlight new data products designed to provide timely and granular information on the pandemic’s impact: the Small Business Pulse Survey, weekly Business Formation Statistics, the Household Pulse Survey, and Community Resilience Estimates. We describe pandemic-related content introduced to existing surveys such as the Annual Business Survey and the Current Population Survey. We discuss adaptations to ensure the continuity and consistency of existing data products such as principal economic indicators and the American Community Survey. 


Scope of Project

JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D10 Household Behavior: General
      D20 Production and Organizations: General
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; experimental data; survey data


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