Child-related Policies in the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in 40 Countries

This report outlines the construction of the cross-national Child Policy During COVID-19 (CPC-19) Database and, on the basis of its evidence, presents a broad-ranging analysis of the activities undertaken by the 40 European Union (EU) and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries included. Six policy fields are covered: education, early childhood education and care (ECEC), parental leave, income support, food support and health-related provision. Part-funded by the University of Oxford and UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight, the database covers nine months from March to December 2020. It presents information on the main details of the selected policies, including conditions of access, amount of support, target populations, cost and duration, thereby allowing detailed analyses and comparison. Children are defined as those aged up to and including 17 years and families as those with (dependent) children within this age group, which includes both children and adolescents.