The COVID Border Accountability Project (COBAP): Mapping Travel and Immigration Policy Responses to COVID-19
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The COVID Border Accountability Project (COBAP): Mapping Travel and Immigration Policy Responses to COVID-19
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https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/U6DJAC
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Shiraef, Mary A.
Hirst, Cora Weiss, Mark A. Naseer, Sarah Lazar, Nikolas Beling, Elizabeth Straight, Erin Feddern, Lukas Taylor, Noah Jackson, Cayleigh Yu, William Bhaskaran, Aadya Mattar, Layth Amme, Matthew Shum, Maggie Mitsdarffer, Mary Louise Sweere, Johanna Brantley, Susanna E. Schenoni, Luis L. Lewis-Beck, Colin Falcone, Jonathan Hasaj, Sonila Gradie, Amalia Musetti, Rachel E. Nguyen, Thuy Selvaraj, Yashwini Walker, Bryn |
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Harvard Dataverse
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The unprecedented travel bans introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic is a pertinent phenomenon of interest to scholars across the globe. Quantifying the timing and content of policy changes affecting travel and immigration is key to future research on the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and the socioeconomic impacts of these policies. The COVID Border Accountability Project (COBAP) provides a systematized dataset of >1000 policies, reflecting a timeline of new country-level restrictions on movement across international borders during the 2020 year. Using a 20-question survey, trained research assistants (RAs) sourced and documented for each new border policy: start and end dates, whether the closure constitutes a "complete closure" or "partial closure", which exceptions are made, which countries are banned, and which borders are closed, among other variables. In addition, the full text of each policy was included in the database. We maintain and update the data monthly. For public use, we visualize the data in an interactive map tool visualization: covidborderaccountability.org. For ongoing and future pandemic research, the dataset will be useful to policymakers, social and biomedical scientists, and public health experts alike.
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Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
Social Sciences |
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English
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Shiraef, Mary
Weiss, Mark A. Hirst, Cora Walker, Bryn Nguyen, Thuy Kline, Camilla Bhaskaran, Aadya Beling, Elizabeth Mattar, Layth Amme, Matthew Shum, Maggie Selvaraj, Yashwini Jackson, Cayleigh Lazar, Nikolas Musetti, Rachel Naseer, Sarah Taylor, Noah Gradie, Amalia Yu, William Martin, Suzanne Rossi, Hannah Wang, Ian Risman, Hannah |
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