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

Publications

Journal Articles

Cornesse, Carina, Ulrich Krieger, Marie-Lou Sohnius, Marina Fikel, Sabine Friedel, Tobias Rettig, Alexander Wenz, Sebastian Juhl, Roni Lehrer, Katja Möhring, Elias Naumann, Maximiliane Reifenscheid and Annelies G. Blom (2022): From German Internet Panel to Mannheim Corona Study: Adaptable probability-based online panel infrastructures during the pandemic. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, Statistics in Society, 185, issue 3, pp. 773-797. more
Mata, Jutta, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Katja Möhring, Ulrich Krieger, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel, Carina Cornesse, Annelies G. Blom and Elias Naumann (2021): Health behaviors and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal population-based survey in Germany. Social Science & Medicine, 287, issue October 2021, (article no. 114333). more
Blom, Annelies G. (2020): Zum Gesellschaftlichen Umgang mit der Corona-Pandemie: Ergebnisse der Mannheimer Corona-Studie. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte APuZ, issue 35–37/2020, pp. 16-22. more
Naumann, Elias, Katja Möhring, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel, Carina Cornesse and Annelies G. Blom (2020): COVID‐19 Policies in Germany and their Social, Political, and Psychological Consequences. European Policy Analysis, 6, issue 2, pp. 191-202. more
Blom, Annelies G., Carina Cornesse, Sabine Friedel, Ulrich Krieger, Marina Fikel, Tobias Rettig, Alexander Wenz, Sebastian Juhl, Roni Lehrer, Katja Möhring, Elias Naumann and Maximiliane Reifenscheid (2020): High-Frequency and High-Quality Survey Data Collection: The Mannheim Corona Study. Survey Research Methods, 14, issue 2, pp. 171-178. more

Book Chapters

Blom, Annelies G., and Katja Möhring (2021): Soziale Ungleichheit in der Beschäftigungssituation während der frühen Phase der Coronakrise. Pp. 478-483 in: WZB Datenreport 2021. Berlin: WZB. more

Other Publications

Blom, Annelies G., Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Elias Naumann, Katja Möhring, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Das Leben in Deutschland im Ausnahmezustand; Bericht zur Lage vom 20. März bis 29. April 2020. Mannheim more
Blom, Annelies G., Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Elias Naumann, Katja Möhring, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel, Carina Cornesse and Julian Axenfeld (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Das Leben in Deutschland im Ausnahmezustand; Bericht zur Lage vom 20. März bis 31. März 2020. Mannheim more
Juhl, Sebastian, Roni Lehrer, Annelies G. Blom, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Elias Naumann, Katja Möhring, Ulrich Krieger, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Demokratische Kontrolle in der Corona-Krise. Mannheim more
Lehrer, Roni, Sebastian Juhl, Annelies G. Blom, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Elias Naumann, Katja Möhring, Ulrich Krieger, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Die vier Phasen des Social Distancing in Deutschland. Mannheim more
Juhl, Sebastian, Roni Lehrer, Annelies G. Blom, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Elias Naumann, Katja Möhring, Ulrich Krieger, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Gesellschaftliche Akzeptanz politischer Maßnahmen und befürchtete Konsequenzen für die Wirtschaft. Mannheim more
Möhring, Katja, Elias Naumann, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Annelies G. Blom, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Schwerpunktbericht zu Erwerbstätigkeit und Kinderbetreuung. Mannheim more
Naumann, Elias, Jutta Mata, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Katja Möhring, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel, Carina Cornesse and Annelies G. Blom (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Schwerpunktbericht zum Angstempfinden in der Bevölkerung; Untersuchungszeitraum 20. März bis 16. April 2020. Mannheim more
Möhring, Katja, Friederich Heinemann, Elias Naumann, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Annelies G. Blom, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Schwerpunktbericht zum subjektiven Arbeitslosigkeitsrisiko der Beschäftigten in Deutschland. Mannheim more
Möhring, Katja, Elias Naumann, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Annelies G. Blom, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Schwerpunktbericht zur Erwerbstätigkeit in Deutschland 20.3.-15.4.2020. Mannheim more
Möhring, Katja, Elias Naumann, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Andreas P. Weiland, Annelies G. Blom, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Schwerpunktbericht zur Nutzung und Akzeptanz von Homeoffice in Deutschland während des Corona-Lockdowns. Mannheim more
Möhring, Katja, Elias Naumann, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Annelies G. Blom, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Roni Lehrer, Sebastian Juhl, Ulrich Krieger, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): Inequality in employment during the Corona lockdown: Evidence from Germany, JESP European Social Policy Blog, 2020 more
Blom, Annelies G., Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Elias Naumann, Katja Möhring, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): The Mannheim Corona Study: Life in Germany in a State of Emergency; Report for March 20 to July 09, 2020. Mannheim more
Blom, Annelies G., Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Elias Naumann, Katja Möhring, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): The Mannheim Corona Study: Life in Germany in a State of Emergency; Report for March 20 to June 30, 2020. Mannheim more
Blom, Annelies G., Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Elias Naumann, Katja Möhring, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): The Mannheim Corona Study: Life in Germany in a State of Emergency; Report for March 20 to May 28, 2020. Mannheim more

Conference Presentations

Möhring, Katja (2020): Inequality in employment trajectories during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. [Virtual ISA-RC28 conference on Social Stratification under the Coronavirus Pandemic, (virtual conference), August 18th, 2020] more