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        %A Gershuny, Jonathan I.
%A Sullivan, Oriel
%A Sevilla, Almudena
%A Vega-Rapun, Marga
%A Foliano, Francesca
%A Grignon, Juana Lamote de
%A Harms, Teresa
%A Walthery, Pierre
        %T A New Perspective from Time Use Research on the Effects of Lockdown on COVID-19 Behavioral Infection Risk
        %D 2020
        %8 2020 Aug
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 13599
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp13599
        %X 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.
        %K COVID-19
%K infection
%K behavioural risk
%K time-use