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The COVID Border Accountability Project (COBAP): Mapping Travel and Immigration Policy Responses to COVID-19

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Title The COVID Border Accountability Project (COBAP): Mapping Travel and Immigration Policy Responses to COVID-19
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/U6DJAC
 
Creator 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
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description 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.
 
Subject Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
Social Sciences
 
Language English
 
Contributor 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