Arbeitspapier

COVID-19, School Closures and (Cyber)Bullying in Germany

We analyze the prevalence of bullying in Germany during COVID-19, both as a real-life phenomenon (in-person bullying, or in our context: school bullying) and via social media and electronic communication tools (cyberbullying). Using Google Trends data from 2013 to 2022 and exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic as a natural experiment when schools switched to distance learning, we document stark changes in the prevalence of (cyber)bullying in Germany: Our results indicate that during school years affected by COVID-19, online searches for school bullying decreased by about 25 percent, while online searches for cyberbullying increased by about 48 percent during the same periods.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 16650

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
Health Behavior
Analysis of Education
Education: Government Policy
General Welfare; Well-Being
Thema
school bullying
cyberbullying
Google Trends

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Rahlff, Helen
Rinne, Ulf
Sonnabend, Hendrik
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2023

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Rahlff, Helen
  • Rinne, Ulf
  • Sonnabend, Hendrik
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2023

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