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The geography of post Covid-19 shutdown recovery risk in UK economic activity. implications for recovery inequality and targeted stimulus

The Covid-19 shutdown is not affecting all parts of the UK equally. Economic activity in local consumer service industries (LCSI), such as retail outlets, restaurants, hairdressers, or gardeners has all but stopped; other industries are less affected. This project will produce data measuring the shock, the multiplier, and the Covid-19 shutdown

recovery risk for UK neighbourhoods. These variables will be estimated using a wealth of individual and firm level information from national survey and administrative data.

Lead investigator:

Jesse Matheson

Affiliation:

University of Sheffield

Primary topic:

Recession & recovery

Secondary topic:

Inequality & poverty

Region of data collection:

Europe

Country of data collection

UK

Status of data collection

Planned

Type of data being collected:

Administrative

Unit of real-time data collection

County/Municipality

Frequency

One-off