The thorny problems of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: The need for a holistic approach

Magda Osman (), Scott McLachlan, Peter Lucas, Kudakwashe Dube, Graham A. Hitman, Evangelia Kyrimi and Martin Neil
Additional contact information
Magda Osman: Biological and Experimental Psychology Group, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Scott McLachlan: Biological and Experimental Psychology Group, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Peter Lucas: Faculty of EEMCS, University of Twente, Netherlands
Kudakwashe Dube: Health informatics and Knowledge Engineering Research (HiKER) Group
Graham A. Hitman: Centre for Genomics and Child Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Martin Neil: Risk and Information Management, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, 2020, vol. 4, issue S, 57-61

Abstract: Once we accept the potential advantages that may arise from investing in contact tracing apps (CTA) as a response to the current COVID-19 crisis, we need to consider the different challenges that arise, and how they can be solved. In so doing, and to make the job surmountable, we must understand the challenging class of problems that spans both technical and behavioral issues (thorny issues). In thinking about the value of contact tracing, and the potential resolutions to some of the core problems, this short piece outlines what policy makers may need to consider, especially if we are to successfully deal with the predicted second wave.

Keywords: contact tracing apps; COVID-19; public attitudes and perceptions; privacy; behavioral barriers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D04 D91 I12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (5)

Downloads: (external link)
http://sabeconomics.org/journal/RePEc/beh/JBEPv1/articles/JBEP-4-S-7.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:beh:jbepv1:v:4:y:2020:i:s:p:57-61

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy is currently edited by Michelle Baddeley

More articles in Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy from Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE) Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by SABE ().