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The spread of social distancing.


ABSTRACT: We find that social distancing is affected by the policies set in neighboring counties, even after controlling for confirmed COVID cases and weather. A stay-at-home order in a neighboring county reduces social distancing by more than half as much as implementing an order in that county. This implies that, to increase social distancing in hard-hit counties, stay-at-home orders need to be implemented in a regionally or federally coordinated response. We also find that estimates of the efficacy of stay-at-home orders that do not control for policies in neighboring counties overstate the effect of these orders by about 50%.

SUBMITTER: Cook J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7462637 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The spread of social distancing.

Cook Jonathan J   Newberger Noah N   Smalling Sami S  

Economics letters 20200901


We find that social distancing is affected by the policies set in neighboring counties, even after controlling for confirmed COVID cases and weather. A stay-at-home order in a neighboring county reduces social distancing by more than half as much as implementing an order in that county. This implies that, to increase social distancing in hard-hit counties, stay-at-home orders need to be implemented in a regionally or federally coordinated response. We also find that estimates of the efficacy of  ...[more]

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