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.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 16650
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
Health Behavior
Analysis of Education
Education: Government Policy
General Welfare; Well-Being
- Thema
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school bullying
cyberbullying
Google Trends
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Rahlff, Helen
Rinne, Ulf
Sonnabend, Hendrik
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2023
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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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