全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP15232 Rugged Individualism and Collective (In)action During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP15232
	DP15232 Rugged Individualism and Collective (In)action During the COVID-19 Pandemic
	Samuel Bazzi; Martin Fiszbein; Mesay Gebresilasse
发表日期	2020-08-30
出版年	2020
语种	英语
摘要	Rugged individualism---the combination of individualism and anti-statism---is a prominent feature of American culture with deep roots in the country's history of frontier settlement. Today, rugged individualism is more prevalent in counties with greater total frontier experience (TFE) during the era of westward expansion. While individualism may be conducive to innovation, it can also undermine collective action, with potentially adverse social consequences. We show that America's frontier culture hampered the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Across U.S. counties, greater TFE is associated with less social distancing and mask use as well as weaker local government effort to control the virus. We argue that frontier culture lies at the root of several more proximate explanations for the weak collective response to public health risks, including a lack of civic duty, partisanship, and distrust in science.
主题	Development Economics ; Economic History ; Public Economics
关键词	Individualism American frontier Social distancing Covid-19
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp15232
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/544207
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Samuel Bazzi,Martin Fiszbein,Mesay Gebresilasse. DP15232 Rugged Individualism and Collective (In)action During the COVID-19 Pandemic. 2020.