The Impact of Government Restrictions on Human Mobility: Which States Performed Better?

Himangshu Kumar and Manikantha Nataraj

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Abstract: Indian central and state governments have imposed restrictions on human mobility to slow the spread of COVID-19. Based on state government directives and mobility data from Google, we find that similar restrictions did not lead to equal reductions in mobility across states before the national lockdown. Maharashtra’s restrictions were the most effective in reducing mobility by a large margin. The national lockdown had a larger and more uniform effect for most states.

Keywords: Mobility; social distancing; government restrictions; COVID-19; coronavirus; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I18 Z18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-05-10
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