RAPID: Employer and Employee Behaviors, Experiences, and Perceptions of the Pandemic

该研究项目将收集大量高频纵向数据集，以调查COVID-19对美国劳动力市场结果、财务状况和心理健康的影响。COVID-19正在迅速摧毁美国人的生活。其影响是不平衡的，并将继续是不平衡的，影响着经济和心理上脆弱的个人、在职父母和服务部门的员工。其影响超出了直接的身体健康影响；学校和工作关闭的后果影响劳动力供需、金融健康、心理健康和全球经济。然而，人们对大流行如何影响人们的财务和精神健康知之甚少。研究人员将利用现有的平台定期和短时间间隔收集大量数据集，以研究大流行对美国人的影响。这一研究项目的成果将有助于我们了解大流行病如何影响弱势群体的心理和财务健康，并为应对大流行病影响的政策提供投入。这不仅有助于缩短预计的衰退时间，改善美国人的福祉，而且还确立了美国在应对病毒影响方面的全球领导地位。这项拟议的研究将试图追踪冠状病毒大流行和政策应对对劳动力市场结果的影响，并加深我们对就业、工作条件、财务状况和心理健康之间联系的理解。pi将使用兰德美国生命小组（ALP）平台在短时间间隔内收集纵向调查数据。本项目将利用不同行业、职业和地点应对COVID-19政策影响的差异：衡量就业/收入损失对个人财务福祉和心理健康的影响，调查工作条件如何介导COVID-19对财务福祉和心理健康的影响，研究工人日常工作被打乱的程度，这些打乱如何随时间变化，并研究这些打乱如何影响财务福祉和心理健康。这个项目的数据收集优于标准调查，后者不能捕捉到关于雇主和员工行为的足够信息。在大流行期间，有必要进行一项纵向调查，同时捕捉个人不断变化的劳动力市场经验和看法，以了解covid -19与劳动力市场结果、财务状况和心理健康之间的因果关系。该项目的成果将有助于我们了解大流行病如何影响心理和财务健康，并为应对大流行病影响的政策提供投入。这不仅有助于缩短预计的衰退时间，改善美国人的福祉，而且还确立了美国在应对病毒影响方面的全球领导地位。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This research project will collect a large, high-frequency, longitudinal data set to investigate the effects of COVID-19 on labor market outcomes, financial well-being, and mental health across the US. COVID-19 is rapidly devastating the lives of Americans. The impacts are, and will continue to be uneven, affecting financially and psychologically vulnerable individuals, working parents, and service sector workers across space. The impacts extend beyond the direct physical health effects; the consequences of school and work closures affect labor supply and demand, financial health, mental health, and the global economy. Yet, very little is known about how the pandemic is affecting people’s financial as well as mental health. The researchers will use an existing platform to collect large data sets at regular and short intervals to study the effects of the pandemic on Americans. The results of this research project will contribute to our understanding of how pandemics affect mental and financial health of the vulnerable as well as provide inputs into policies to counter the effects of the pandemic. This does not only help shorten the projected recessions and improve the wellbeing of Americans but also establishes the United States as the global leader in countering the effects of the virus.This proposed research will attempt to trace the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the policy responses on labor market outcomes, and enhance our understanding of the links between employment, working conditions, financial well-being, and mental health. The PIs will collect longitudinal survey data over short intervals using the RAND American Life Panel (ALP) platform. The project will use the variation in the impact of the COVID-19 policy response by industry, occupation, and location to: measure the impact of employment/income loss on individuals’ financial well-being and mental health, investigate how working conditions mediate the effect of COVID-19 on financial well-being and mental health, study the extent to which worker routines have been disrupted, how these disruptions change over time, and examine how these disruptions affect financial well-being and mental health. The data collection of this project is superior to standard surveys which do not capture sufficient information about employers and employee behavior. A longitudinal survey that contemporaneously captures individuals’ changing labor market experiences and perceptions during the pandemic is necessary for understanding the causal links among COVDI-19 and labor market outcomes, financial wellbeing, and mental health. The results of this project will contribute to our understanding of how pandemics affect mental and financial health as well as provide inputs into policies to counter the effects of the pandemic. This does not only help shorten the projected recessions and improve the wellbeing of Americans but also establishes the United States as the global leader in countering the effects of the virus.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.