Face masks increase compliance with physical distancing recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract: Governments across the world have implemented restrictive policies to slow the spread of COVID-19. Recommended face mask use has been a controversially discussed policy, among others, due to potential adverse effects on physical distancing. Using a randomized field experiment (N=300), we show that individuals keep a significantly larger distance from someone wearing a face mask than from an unmasked person. According to an additional survey experiment (N=456), masked individuals are not perceived as being more infectious than unmasked ones, but they are believed to prefer more distancing. This result suggests that, in times where mask use is voluntary, wearing a mask serves as a social signal for a preferred greater distance that is respected by others. Our findings provide strong evidence against the claim that mask use creates a false sense of security that would negatively affect physical distancing
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource, 31 S.
- Sprache
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Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet
- Erschienen in
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Discussion Paper / Universität München und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190 - Rationality and Competition ; Bd. 253
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
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SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
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2020
- Urheber
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Seres, Gyula
Balleyer, Anna Helen
Cerutti, Nicola
Danilov, Anastasia
Friedrichsen, Jana
Liu, Yiming
Süer, Müge
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022071117045681102397
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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25.03.2025, 13:55 MEZ
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Beteiligte
- Seres, Gyula
- Balleyer, Anna Helen
- Cerutti, Nicola
- Danilov, Anastasia
- Friedrichsen, Jana
- Liu, Yiming
- Süer, Müge
- SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
Entstanden
- 2020
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