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cord-136421-hcj8jmbm	Myers, Kyle R.	Quantifying the Immediate Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Scientists	2020-05-22		.txt	text/plain	7635	366	50	Distributed in mid-April 2020, the survey solicited information about how scientists' work changed from the onset of the pandemic, how their research output might be affected in the near future, and a wide range of individuals' characteristics. Motivated by prior research on scientific productivity [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] , the survey solicited information about scientists' working hours, how this time is allocated across different tasks, and how these time allocations have changed since the onset of the pandemic. To decompose these changes, we compare scientists' reported time allocations across four broad categories of work: research (e.g., planning experiments, collecting or analyzing data, writing), fundraising (e.g., writing grant proposals), teaching, and all other tasks (e.g., administrative, editorial, or clinical duties). To untangle these factors, we use a Lasso regression approach to select amongst (1) a vector of field indicator variables, and (2) a vector of flexible transformations of demographic controls and pre-pandemic features (e.g., research funding level, time allocations before the pandemic).	./cache/cord-136421-hcj8jmbm.txt	./txt/cord-136421-hcj8jmbm.txt