Social capital and the spread of Covid-19: Insights from European countries

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We explore the role of social capital in the spread of the recent Covid-19 pandemic in independent analyses for Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. We exploit within-country variation in social capital and Covid-19 cases to show that high-social-capital areas accumulated between 12% and 32% fewer Covid-19 cases per capita from mid-March until mid-May. Using Italy as a case study, we find that high-social-capital areas exhibit lower excess mortality and a decline in mobility. Our results have important implications for the design of local containment policies in future waves of the pandemic.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: ECONtribute Discussion Paper ; No. 007

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Microeconomic Policy: Formulation, Implementation, and Evaluation ; Relation of Economics to Social Values ; Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making‡ ; Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government ; Crisis Management ; Health: General ; Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
• Thema: Covid-19 ; social capital ; collective action ; health costs ; Europe

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Bartscher, Alina K. ; Seitz, Sebastian ; Siegloch, Sebastian ; Slotwinski, Michaela ; Wehrhöfer, Nils
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Reinhard Selten Institute (RSI)
• (wo): Bonn and Cologne
• (wann): 2020

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/222333
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ