The Global Covid-19 Student Survey: First Wave Results

171 Pages Posted: 7 Jun 2021 Last revised: 1 Jul 2022

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David A. Jaeger

University of St. Andrews - School of Economics and Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); IZA Institute of Labor Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); University College London - CReAM - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration

Jaime Arellano-Bover

Yale University

Krzysztof Karbownik

Northwestern University

Marta Martínez-Matute

Syracuse University; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

John M. Nunley

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

Alan Seals

Auburn University - Department of Economics

Mackenzie Alston

Texas A&M University

Sascha O. Becker

Monash University - Department of Economics; University of Warwick

Pilar Beneito

University of Valencia - Department of Economic Analysis

René Böheim

Johannes Kepler University Linz

José Emilio Boscá Mares

University of Valencia - Department of Economic Analysis

Jessica H. Brown

University of South Carolina

Simon Chang

University of Western Australia - Department of Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Deborah A. Cobb-Clark

School of Economics, University of Sydney; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Shooshan Danagoulian

Wayne State University - Department of Economics

Sandra Donnally

Lund University

Marissa Eckrote-Nordland

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

Lidia Farre

University of Barcelona

Javier Ferri

University of Valencia

Margherita Fort

University of Bologna; Ifo Institute, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute), Ifo Institute; IZA

Jane Fruewirth

University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill

Rebecca Gelding

The University of Sydney

Allen Goodman

Wayne State University

Melanie Guldi

Mount Holyoke College - Department of Economics; University of Central Florida - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics

Simone Häckl

University of Stavanger

Janet Hankin

Wayne State University

Scott A. Imberman

Michigan State University; Michigan State University - College of Education

Joanna Lahey

Texas A&M University - George Bush School of Government and Public Service; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Joan Llull

Autonomous University of Barcelona - MOVE (Markets, Organizations and Votes in Economics); Autonomous University of Barcelona; Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Hani Mansour

University of Colorado at Denver - Department of Economics

Jaakko Meriläinen

ITAM, Centro de Investigación Económica

Tove Mortlund

IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation

Martin Nybom

Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)

Stephen D. O'Connell

Emory University

Rupert Sausgruber

Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Economics

Amy Schwartz

Syracuse University

Jan Stuhler

Charles III University of Madrid

Petra Thiemann

Lund University - School of Economics and Management; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; USC Dornsife Institute for New Economic Thinking

Roel van Veldhuizen

Lund University

Marianne Wanamaker

University of Tennessee, Knoxville; IZA

Maria Zhu

Syracuse University

Abstract

University students have been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We present results from the first wave of the Global COVID-19 Student Survey, which was administered at 28 universities in the United States, Spain, Australia, Sweden, Austria, Italy, and Mexico between April and October 2020. The survey addresses contemporaneous outcomes and future expectations regarding three fundamental aspects of students' lives in the pandemic: the labor market, education, and health. We document the differential responses of students as a function of their country of residence, parental income, gender, and for the US their race.

Keywords: COVID-19, students, job market expectations, mental health

JEL Classification: I23, I10, J1

Suggested Citation

Jaeger, David A. and Arellano-Bover, Jaime and Karbownik, Krzysztof and Martínez-Matute, Marta and Nunley, John M. and Seals, Richard A and Alston, Mackenzie and Becker, Sascha O. and Beneito, Pilar and Boheim, Rene and Boscá Mares, José Emilio and Brown, Jessica and Chang, Kang-Hung and Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. and Danagoulian, Shooshan and Donnally, Sandra and Eckrote-Nordland, Marissa and Farre, Lidia and Ferri, Javier and Fort, Margherita and Fruewirth, Jane and Gelding, Rebecca and Goodman, Allen and Guldi, Melanie and Guldi, Melanie and Häckl, Simone and Hankin, Janet and Imberman, Scott Andrew and Lahey, Joanna and Llull, Joan and Mansour, Hani and Meriläinen, Jaakko and Mortlund, Tove and Nybom, Martin and O'Connell, Stephen D. and Sausgruber, Rupert and Schwartz, Amy and Stuhler, Jan and Thiemann, Petra and Veldhuizen, Roel van and Wanamaker, Marianne and Zhu, Maria, The Global Covid-19 Student Survey: First Wave Results. IZA Discussion Paper No. 14419, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3860600

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University of South Carolina ( email )

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University of Wisconsin - La Crosse ( email )

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University of Barcelona ( email )

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University of Bologna ( email )

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University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill

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Wayne State University ( email )

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Mount Holyoke College - Department of Economics ( email )

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University of Stavanger

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Norway

Janet Hankin

Wayne State University ( email )

Department of Physiology, Wayne State University
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Michigan State University ( email )

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Michigan State University - College of Education ( email )

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Texas A&M University - George Bush School of Government and Public Service ( email )

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Lund University - School of Economics and Management ( email )

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Syracuse University

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