Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/263485 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15269
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We use high-frequency data from location-based mobile phone records to measure domestic air travel patterns of the Chinese population during the Covid-19 pandemic. The travel and tourism industry is a key driver of China's domestic economy and data from this industry helps serve as an objective proxy for domestic economic activity during the pandemic. Our results show that except for some periods of intense mobility restrictions, relative to travel patterns in 2019, mobility in fact increased in China from mid-2020 onwards. This increase in domestic air travel is likely due to a combination of factors: China's control and management of the Delta variant, China's new "dual circulation" development paradigm, and a pent-up demand for international travel that is not permitted.
Subjects: 
China
COVID-19
dual circulation
mobile phone data
mobility
JEL: 
C31
I12
I18
R11
R41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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