Marta Vicarelli - Impacts of COVID-19 on Households

Socio-economic Impacts of

COVID-19 on US households

This study, developed by a research team from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst College and the Indiana University, examines the impacts of COVID-19 on households. This research has a special focus on women and minorities.

We are collecting data using an extensive online survey that includes questions about impacts on finances, food security, physical and mental health, as well as the effects that school and daycare disruptions are having on work and family lives. We hope that our study will inform equitable policy interventions and resilience plans.

Several organizations have been partnering with us by helping us disseminate our survey. They are listed below.

Contact: Dr. Marta Vicarelli <mvicarelli@econs.umass.edu>

PUBLICATIONS:

We have completed the data collection in February 2021. We are currently analyzing the data.
We have completed the first report with a focus on Vermont LINK to report
We have completed a report focus on Massachusetts LINK to report
We are now preparing a national report

IRB APPROVAL REVIEW NUMBER:

University of Massachusetts Amherst Institutional Review Board
Human Subjects Research Protocol #2240 - Approved on September 22, 2020

PRESS RELEASES

link
Article on website of College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

PUBLICATIONS

Vermont Report, 2021

RESEARCH TEAM

Principal Investigator: Marta Vicarelli, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and School of Public Policy - University of Massachusetts (Amherst) Contact: Dr. Marta Vicarelli <mvicarelli@econs.umass.edu>
Ali Alsadadi, Isenberg School of Management - University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Anna Gishin, Isenberg School of Management - University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Aryen Shrestha, Amherst College
Elizabeth Murphy, MPA, School of Public Policy - University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Madeline Leue, School of Public Policy - University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Meredith Canada, MSW, MPA, LCSW - Doctoral student at the Indiana University School of Social Work
Yash Tyagi, Isenberg School of Management - University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Yu Ya Htut Tin, Departments of Economics and Mathematics- University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

PARTNERS

We are very grateful to the many organizations that are helping us disseminate our survey across the United States.

A particular thanks goes to the Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts for their continuous and generous help and support from the very begining of our project development.