Governments' Economic Responses to COVID-19 (Econ-Response2covid19), Global, 2020-2021 (ICPSR 39775)
Version Date: Apr 20, 2026 View help for published
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Simon Porcher, Paris Dauphine University
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39775.v1
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The Econ-Response2covid19 dataset tracked governments' economic responses to COVID-19 all around the world. The dataset is at the country-level and covers the January 2020 - June 2021 period. The measures coded include fiscal measures (wage support, cash transfers, in-kind transfers, tax cuts, sectorial support and credit schemes), tax deferrals, off-budget measures, and main policy rate cuts. The data can be used to study the impact of economic measures on different outcomes, and to understand the diffusion of economic policies during crises.
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- Data and documentation for this collection were originally deposited in openICPSR project 183611.
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The purpose of this study was create a data collection to help researchers and governments study the impact of economic measures on different outcomes, and to understand the diffusion of economic policies during crises.
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The data were collected via a wide variety of sources. The two main sources are the IMF fiscal monitor database in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the IMF COVID-19 policy tracker. Secondary sources include the draft budgetary plans of the European Union countries published on the website of the European Commission, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the announcements of central governments and ministries, and official press articles.
Data were created by manual recording of economic measures by three coders who worked from January 2021 to June 2021. Throughout the coding process, the coding script was cross-checked by each coder regularly to ensure intercoder reliability and appropriate application of the script in cases where policies were changed or unimplemented.
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Draft budgetary plans 2021, https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/economic-and-fiscal-governance/stability-and-growth-pact/annual-draft-budgetary-plans-dbps-euro-area-countries/draft-budgetary-plans-2021_en
IMF Fiscal Policies Database, https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Fiscal-Policies-Database-in-Response-to-COVID-19
IMF COVID-19 policy tracker, https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19
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