Employment in the Early Phase of the Corona Crisis in Germany

Research question/goal: 

In March 2020, the Corona crisis changed life in Germany suddenly and massively. The fear of the virus and the measures taken to contain the pandemic have deeply affected individuals’ lives. The project examined the influence of the Corona crisis on the working population in Germany. Over a ten-week period (from 1st May to 10th July), a population-representative sample of persons living in private households was surveyed daily to collect data about their lives in times of Corona as part of the German Internet Panel (GIP). On this basis, the project analysed the weekly employment situation in Germany, integrating various social policy issues such as changes in work location and working from home, reconcilement of child care and employment, fear of unemployment, satisfaction with work and family life, working hours (short-time work), and infection protection at the work place. A detailed final report can be found on the pages of the Funding Network for Interdisciplinary Social Policy Research (FIS): https://www.fis-netzwerk.de/gefoerderte-projekte/forschungsprojekte/mann... (in German).

Fact sheet

Funding: 
BMAS
Duration: 
2020 to 2022
Status: 
completed
Data Sources: 
survey data
Geographic Space: 
Germany

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