COVID-19 TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND CATEGORIES (TRAC) DATASET

with SUNG EUN KIM and YUJEONG YANG

In Progress

The COVID-19 TRAC dataset traces all travel restriction policies related to the COVID-19 on a daily basis. Data on travel restrictions were collected from media reports, government documents, and policy announcements by each country's consulates. We classify travel restrictions into three broad categories: (1) targeted restrictions by national governments on outbreak countries; (2) blanket restrictions by national governments on all foreign travel; and (3) supranational restrictions by regional blocs (e.g., the EU). Under each category, we use subcategories of (a) entry restrictions; (b) government-initiated flight cancellations; (c) visa cancellations; and (d) non-air travel restrictions related to land or maritime borders.

LOW-SKILL IMMIGRATION POLICY (LSIP) DATASET V2

​Download the .csv file.

• For the entire dataset, cite all of the following works: 
  a) Peters, Margaret E. 2015. "Open Trade, Closed Borders: Immigration in the Era of Globalization." World Politics, 67(1), 114–154.
  b) Shin, Adrian J. 2017. "Tyrants and Migrants: Authoritarian Immigration Policy." Comparative Political Studies. 50(1): 14–40.
  ​c) Shin, Adrian J. 2019. "Primary Resources, Secondary Labor: Natural Resources and Immigration Policy." International Studies Quarterly, 63(4): 805–818.
• For Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Chile, Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and Venezuela, cite (b) and (c).
• ​For the coding rules, see the Peters Codebook.
• For factor analysis information, see the Online Appendices of (c).
• Country-specific notes will be made available soon.