Coronagraben in Switzerland: culture and social distancing in times of COVID-19.
COVID-19
Culture
Mobility
Redistribution
Social distancing
Trust
Journal
Journal of population economics
ISSN: 0933-1433
Titre abrégé: J Popul Econ
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101084221
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
received:
11
11
2020
accepted:
25
06
2021
pubmed:
3
8
2021
medline:
3
8
2021
entrez:
2
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Social distancing measures help contain the spread of COVID-19, but actual compliance has varied substantially across space and time. We ask whether cultural differences underlie this heterogeneity using mobility data across Switzerland between February and December 2020. We find that German-speaking cantons decreased their mobility for non-essential activities significantly less than French-speaking cantons. However, we find no such significant differences for bilingual cantons. Contrary to the evidence in the literature, we find that within the Swiss context, high trusting areas exhibited a smaller decline in mobility. Additionally, cantons supporting a limited role of the state in matters of welfare also experienced a smaller reduction in mobility.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34334956
doi: 10.1007/s00148-021-00865-y
pii: 865
pmc: PMC8315728
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1355-1383Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2021.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interestThe authors declare no competing interests.
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