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RrpusLrc oF EsrCINrA Mrt{lsrnv oF SocrAr Arr*tns BOURDIN Sebastien Department of Economics, Territories and Your ref. 28.41.2022 Sustainable Development, Em Normandie lnternational Business School Our ref. 28.A2.2022 No 1.4-2147 sbou rd [email protected] EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECT - local data on social impacts of COVlDl9 Dear Prof. Bourdin, The Ministry of SocialAffairs is delighted to find out that important research is being carried out on the links between Covid-19 virus and potential growth of inequalities and poverty, The studies the Ministry has commissioned in relation to Covid-19 focus predominantly on health issues not social consequences of the pandemic. However, I am happy to refer to two studies that might be of interest to you, carried out in Estonia. Firstly, 'Economic effects of Covid-19 virus and assessment of implementations of relevant policy tools' (project duration 1.11.202A-30.O4.2022); Principal lnvestigator: Raul Eamets; University of Tartu, Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Economics and Business Administration. ln the annotation of the project (see: https:l/www.etis.ee/Portal/Projects/DisplFv/a726f4a7- 2000-4bZQ-Be2c-b9fffi6c7abcb?lanq=ENG&tabld=tab Ge, [eralData) in the Estonian research information system the following is laid out: ,,The outbreak of the Covid-19 virus, which began in Wuhan at the end of 2019, affects the global economy, both directly (effects of human illness) and indirectly (national measures to limit the spread of the virus). The measures taken by countries to mitigate the economic effects of Covid-19 restrictions have been quite varied, but so far, there is no analysis of which measures have been most effective and which are the best options for economic recovery and preparation for a new wave of viruses. The aim of the study is to obtain up-to-date and high-quality information on the short- and long-term impact of the mitigation measures developed to alleviate the viral crisis, which can be used for policy decisions. ln addition to quality, speed and the willingness of the project team to advise national representatives on an ongoing basis are critical to this study." Since that study has not yet been finished, I suggest that you turned directly to the project team to require further information. Contacts under CVs are available here: httqs://wunv.etis.ee/PortaUProiect,slDisplav/a726f4a7-2_000-4b73-8e2c- b9ff06c7abcb?la nq=ENG&tabld=tab Persons Secondly, as for your additional interest in examining to what extent the crisis provided policymakers with an opportunity to develop new policy ideas, you might want to approach the project 'Development of an lT application to assess the economic impact of COVID-19 measures' (duraiion of the project 18.11-202A-31.12.202'1); Principal lnvestigator: Andres V6rk; University of Tartu, Faculty of Social Sciences, Johan Skytte lnstitute of Political Studies. The Financier of the project is Ministry of Finance. Suur-AmeerikalllAl22Tallinn/ESTONIAI+3726269301 /[email protected]/Reg.no 70001s52  The main results (see: described as follows in the ian information system: ,,The project has two aims: ex ante selection of enterprises that were hit by the COVID crisis and who would need support; ex post evaluation of potential effects of the support measures. Publicly available data on companies and their fields of activity are used to characterize the economic activities of companies, their importance for the state budget, the county and the rural municipality or city. The economic indicators of enterprises are linked to the public data of crisis support measures. The economic indicators of enterprises that received and did not receive support measures before and after the 202012021 corona crisis are compared. As a result of the project, an automated process is created, where the input data is converted using Ri code, the analysis is performed, and the results of the analysis are displayed as a Shiny application. The Shiny application is available at the University of Tartu server and allthe codes and data are given to the contracting party." Kindly contact Principal Andres V6rk of the team members: Additionally, it may be of interest to you that the Government Office of Estonia has been commissioning a COVID-19themed survey that has been conducted regularly (37 times to date) among the Estonian population since March, 2020. The sample size has been at least 1250 per questionnaire, including at least 250 people from the county of lda-Virumaa, where the main native language is Russian. Questions of the survey have somewhat changed throughout the course of the pandemic, but socioeconomic topics have been briefly addressed at times (e.9. the effects of the pandemic on income, including comparisons between people with different native languages). The Ministry of Social Affairs has collaborated with the Government Office on the survey. However, as the Government Office is the main contracting authority of the survey and hence the owner of the results, we advise you to contact Marianna Makarova, who has been the main contact-person of the survey from the beginning. Her e- ma il add ress is : fna rian na. makarova@riiqikantselei. ee To conclude, on behalf of the Ministry of SocialAffairs, I wish you all the success with your project. Yours sincerely, B- %ede Sinisaar Head of Analysis and Statistics Department Marion Pajumets +372 6269 164 [email protected] 2 (z)