Communities and Testing for COVID-19

Steven Stillman and Mirco Tonin

No 14012, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Between November 18th and 25th, 2020, 348,810 out of 500,607 (69.7 percent) eligible residents of the South Tyrol region of Italy volunteered to take a Covid-19 rapid antigen test. We examine the community characteristics that are associated with higher testing rates. Our findings point to a number of key community determinants of people's willingness to volunteer. Convenience was an important factor. Beyond that, socioeconomic status and religiosity were also both positively related to greater testing.

Keywords: COVID-19; testing; volunteer; religion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2021-01
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Published - published in: European Journal of Health Economics , 2022, 23, 617 - 625

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