Spanish Business Perceptions of COVID-19 Impact and Employment Decisions in April 2020

Survey data from companies in the Aragón region of Spain collected in April 2020. The data captures business perceptions of how the COVID-19 pandemic would impact their activity and their expected employment decisions. Author Cristina Suárez published the dataset via e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse, with a last update recorded on 2024-05-05.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between furlough aid (ERTE) requests and job retention based on the survey responses.
• Compare anticipated layoff rates between firms that received aid and those that did not based on the described findings.
• Study regional business expectations at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic based on data from the Government of Aragón.

Strengths

• Data captures a specific, critical time period (April 2020) at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Findings are derived from official surveys conducted by the Government of Aragón, Spain.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Data is geographically limited to the Aragón region of Spain, which may affect generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Government of Aragón, Spain

Collection Method

Company surveys

Time Range

April 2020

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 05:33:02; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Aragón region, Spain