Results from the Business Response Survey to the Coronavirus Pandemic, Part 1

• Activity Number: 324 - Late-Breaking Session 2: Business Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
• Type: Invited
• Date/Time: Thursday, August 12, 2021 : 10:00 AM to 11:50 AM
• Sponsor: JSM Partner Societies
• Author(s): Sharon Stang* and Anthony Colavito
• Companies: US Bureau of Labor Statistics and US Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Keywords: COVID-19; pandemic; establishment; data linking; new data

Abstract

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has developed new data on how U.S. businesses changed their operations and employment since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic through September 2020. This information, in combination with data collected by other current BLS surveys, will aid in understanding how businesses responded during the pandemic. Other BLS statistics collected and published during the pandemic provide indications of changes in employment, wages, job openings and terminations, employer-provided benefits, and safety and health. The new data provides additional insights by asking employers directly what they experienced as a result of the pandemic and how they responded. BLS released the first round of BRS data in December 2020 and has plans to release a second round of BRS data in 2021. Additionally, BLS is currently developing a second establishment survey on business response to these later stages of the coronavirus, which will be fielded in August 2021.

This presentation will cover the data results from the BRS that were published in December 2020. Presenters will highlight interesting results, details charts and maps with key findings along with a data linking project with CDC to match essential business with BRS data.