Arbeitspapier

Do stay-at-home orders cause people to stay at home? Effects of stay-at-home orders on consumer behavior

We link the county-level rollout of stay-at-home orders to anonymized cellphone records and consumer spending data. We document three patterns. First, stay-at-home orders caused people to stay at home: county-level measures of mobility declined by between 9% and 13% by the day after the stay-at-home order went into effect. Second, stay-at-home orders caused large reductions in spending in sectors associated with mobility: restaurants and retail stores. However, food delivery sharply increased after orders went into effect. Third, there is substantial county-level heterogeneity in consumer behavior in the days leading up to a stay-at-home order.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 2020-12

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
Konsumentenverhalten
Mobilität
Politische Partei
Coronavirus
Gesundheitspolitik
USA

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Alexander, Diane
Karger, Ezra
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
(wo)
Chicago, IL
(wann)
2020

DOI
doi:10.21033/wp-2020-12
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Alexander, Diane
  • Karger, Ezra
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Entstanden

  • 2020

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