全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP14810 Divided We Stay Home: Social Distancing and Ethnic Diversity

G2TT

来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP14810
	DP14810 Divided We Stay Home: Social Distancing and Ethnic Diversity
	Maria Petrova; Ruben Enikolopov; Georgy Egorov; Alexey Makarin
发表日期	2020-05-25
出版年	2020
语种	英语
摘要	Voluntary social distancing plays a vital role in containing the spread of the disease during a pandemic. As a public good, it should be more commonplace in more homogeneous and altruistic societies. However, for healthy people, observing social distancing has private benefits, too. If sick individuals are more likely to stay home, healthy ones have fewer incentives to do so, especially if the asymptomatic transmission is perceived to be unlikely. Theoretically, we show that this interplay may lead to a stricter observance of social distancing in more diverse and less altruistic societies. Empirically, we find that, consistent with the model, the reduction in mobility following the first local case of COVID-19 was stronger in Russian cities with higher ethnic fractionalization and cities with higher levels of xenophobia. For identification, we predict the timing of the first case using pre-existing patterns of internal migration to Moscow. Using SafeGraph data on mobility patterns, we confirm that mobility reduction in the United States was also higher in counties with higher ethnic fractionalization. Our findings highlight the importance of strategic incentives of different population groups for the effectiveness of public policy.
主题	Public Economics
关键词	Covid-19 Pandemic Social distancing Self-isolation Quarantine Fractionalization Diversity altruism Xenophobia Russia
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp14810
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/543742
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Maria Petrova,Ruben Enikolopov,Georgy Egorov,et al. DP14810 Divided We Stay Home: Social Distancing and Ethnic Diversity. 2020.