Polarization and public health: Partisan differences in social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic
| Autor: | David Y. Yang, Hunt Allcott, Michael Thaler, Jacob Conway, Matthew Gentzkow, Levi Boxell |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Economics and Econometrics Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Social distance Public health 05 social sciences Polarization (politics) Public policy Political polarization Article Large sample Coronavirus Politics Media trust 0502 economics and business Pandemic Economics medicine 050207 economics Health behaviors Social psychology Finance 050205 econometrics |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Public Economics |
| ISSN: | 0047-2727 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104254 |
| Popis: | We study partisan differences in Americans' response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Political leaders and media outlets on the right and left have sent divergent messages about the severity of the crisis, which could impact the extent to which Republicans and Democrats engage in social distancing and other efforts to reduce disease transmission. We develop a simple model of a pandemic response with heterogeneous agents that clarifies the causes and consequences of heterogeneous responses. We use location data from a large sample of smartphones to show that areas with more Republicans engaged in less social distancing, controlling for other factors including public policies, population density, and local COVID cases and deaths. We then present new survey evidence of significant gaps at the individual level between Republicans and Democrats in self-reported social distancing, beliefs about personal COVID risk, and beliefs about the future severity of the pandemic. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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