covid_data

A balanced panel data set analyzing the impact of K-12 school openings and other policy measures on the spread of COVID-19 across U.S. counties. The data spans 32 weeks from April 1st to December 2nd, 2020, and covers 2510 counties.

datasets

Implements the Arellano-Bond estimation method combined with LASSO for dynamic linear panel models. See Chernozhukov et al. (2024) "Arellano-Bond LASSO Estimator for Dynamic Linear Panel Models". arXiv preprint <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2402.00584>.

Junyu Chen

ablasso

Arellano-Bond LASSO Estimator for Dynamic Linear Panel Models

Victor Chernozhukov

Ivan Fernandez-Val

Chen Huang

Weining Wang

covid_data function

A data frame with 80320 (2510 counties times 32 weeks) rows and 9 columns.
Each column represents a variable:<dl>
<dt>fips</dt>
<dd>County FIPS</dd><dt>week</dt>
<dd>Week</dd><dt>school</dt>
<dd>A measure of visits to K-12 schools from SafeGraph foot traffic data</dd><dt>logdc</dt>
<dd>Logarithm of the number of reported COVID-19 cases</dd><dt>pmask</dt>
<dd>Policy indicators on mask mandates</dd><dt>pgather50</dt>
<dd>Policy indicators on ban on gatherings of more than 50 persons</dd><dt>college</dt>
<dd>Measure of visits to colleges</dd><dt>pshelter</dt>
<dd>Policy indicators on stay-at-home orders</dd><dt>dlogtests</dt>
<dd>A measure of the weekly growth rate in the number of tests</dd>
</dl>

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COVID-19 Spread and School Policy Effects Data — covid_data

A data frame with 80320 (2510 counties times 32 weeks) rows and 9 columns.
Each column represents a variable:<dl>
<dt>fips</dt>
<dd>County FIPS</dd>

<dt>week</dt>
<dd>Week</dd>

<dt>school</dt>
<dd>A measure of visits to K-12 schools from SafeGraph foot traffic data</dd>

<dt>logdc</dt>
<dd>Logarithm of the number of reported COVID-19 cases</dd>

<dt>pmask</dt>
<dd>Policy indicators on mask mandates</dd>

<dt>pgather50</dt>
<dd>Policy indicators on ban on gatherings of more than 50 persons</dd>

<dt>college</dt>
<dd>Measure of visits to colleges</dd>

<dt>pshelter</dt>
<dd>Policy indicators on stay-at-home orders</dd>

<dt>dlogtests</dt>
<dd>A measure of the weekly growth rate in the number of tests</dd>


</dl>

covid_data: COVID-19 Spread and School Policy Effects Data

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