Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/224041 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13599
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We present findings from the first two waves of an innovative, population-representative, UK time-use diary survey conducted both pre- and mid-lockdown, using an online diary instrument that proved both reliable and quick-to-field. Combining diary information on activity, location, and co-presence to estimate infection risks associated with daily behavior, we show clear changes in such behavior related to infection risk between the pre- and mid-lockdown periods: a substantial reduction of time spent in those behaviors with the highest levels of risk, accompanied by an equivalent increase in low-risk behavior. Because, in general, a populations' time use changes relatively slowly, the behavioral changes revealed may be interpreted directly as a consequence of the UK COVID-19 'lockdown' regulations. Subsequent waves will reveal the behavioral consequences of future changes in regulation.
Subjects: 
behavioural risk
infection
COVID-19
time-use
JEL: 
J10
I10
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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