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