Research Details

Abstract

Using data collected across four time periods (once prior to the onset of COVID-19 and thrice after), we investigated the impact of the virus on video-game consumption at the household level. In particular, we found that COVID-19 impacted parents and their children differently. While parental video-game usage increased in line with the severity of the virus, as measured by case rates, children video-game usage did not. This resulted in a weaker relationship between parent and child video-game usage. We discuss potential explanations for this result. More generally, this result shows that COVID-19 did not have a monolithic impact on consumption at the household level.

Type

Working Paper

Author(s)

Michal Maimaran, Paulo Albuquerque, Geoff Tomaino

Date Published

2022

Citations

Maimaran, Michal, Paulo Albuquerque, and Geoff Tomaino. 2022. The Divergent Effect of COVID-19 on Parents and Children Video-Game Usage.