Local government units (LGUs) are at the forefront of the Philippine government's COVID-19 pandemic response. One of their most important functions is crisis and risk communication to ease public fear, mitigate the damage caused by the pandemic, and promote the adoption of health and safety...

We use survey data on an opt-in panel of around 2,500 US small businesses to assess the impact of COVID-19. We find a significant negative sales impact that peaked in Quarter 2 of 2020, with an average loss of 29% in sales. The large negative impact masks significant heterogeneity, with over 40%...

We evaluate how nonresponse affects conclusions drawn from survey data and consider how researchers can reliably test and correct for nonresponse bias. To do so, we examine a survey on labor market conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic that used randomly assigned financial incentives to...

Researchers and policy makers face significant challenges in selecting a method to conduct remote surveys, especially when collecting sensitive information or during turbulent life stages of hard-to-reach groups. In the context of the COVID-19 lockdown, we randomly selected about 600 adults in...

Angesichts des dramatischen Einbruchs der Wirtschaftsleistung im Frühjahr 2020 im Zuge der Covid-19-Krise hat der Bundestag im Juni 2020 ein massives Konjunkturpaket mit einem Volumen von mehr als 130 Mrd. Euro verabschiedet. Eine zentrale Säule des Konjunkturpakets waren dabei Maßnahmen, die...