TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Gershuny, Jonathan I.
AU  - Sullivan, Oriel
AU  - Sevilla, Almudena
AU  - Vega-Rapun, Marga
AU  - Foliano, Francesca
AU  - Grignon, Juana Lamote de
AU  - Harms, Teresa
AU  - Walthery, Pierre
        TI  - A New Perspective from Time Use Research on the Effects of Lockdown on COVID-19 Behavioral Infection Risk
        PY  - 2020/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 13599
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp13599
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - COVID-19
KW  - infection
KW  - behavioural risk
KW  - time-use
        ER  -