Stay-at-Home Orders, Social Distancing and Trust
Abel Brodeur,
Idaliya Grigoryeva and
Lamis Kattan
No 553 [pre.], GLO Discussion Paper Series from Global Labor Organization (GLO)
Abstract:
A better understanding of community response to government decisions is crucial for policy makers and health officials during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we document the determinants of implementation and compliance with stay-at-home orders in the U.S., focusing on trust and social capital. Using cell phone data measuring changes in non-essential visitation and average distance traveled, we find that high-trust counties decrease their mobility significantly more than low-trust counties post stay-at-home order, with larger effects for more stringent orders. We also provide evidence that the estimated effect on post-order compliance is especially large for confidence in the press and governmental institutions, and relatively smaller for confidence in medicine and in science.
Keywords: COVID-19; stay-at-home orders; social distancing; trust (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H12 I12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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Journal Article: Stay-at-home orders, social distancing, and trust (2021) 
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