COVID-19 with Stigma: Theory and Evidence from Mobility Data

Yuya Katafuchi, Kenichi Kurita () and Shunsuke Managi

Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, 2021, vol. 5, issue 1, No 3, 95 pages

Abstract: Abstract This study conducts both theoretical and empirical analyses of how non-legally-binding COVID-19 policies affect people’s going-out behavior. The theoretical analysis assumes that under a declared state of emergency, the individual going out suffers psychological costs arising from both the risk of infection and the stigma of going out. Our hypothesis states that under a declared state of emergency people refrain from going out because it entails a strong psychological cost. Then, this study estimates a model using regional mobility data and emergency declarations data to analyze self-restraint behavior under a non-legally binding emergency declaration. The results show that, compared with before the declaration of the state of emergency, going-out behavior was suppressed under the state of emergency and after it was lifted even when going out did not result in penalties, which is consistent with the theoretical analysis.

Keywords: COVID-19; Stigma; Self-restraint behavior; Non-legally binding policy; Regional mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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