dc.contributor.author
Seres, Gyula
dc.contributor.author
Balleyer, Anna Helen
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Cerutti, Nicola
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Danilov, Anastasia
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Friedrichsen, Jana
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Liu, Yiming
dc.contributor.author
Süer, Müge
dc.date.accessioned
2022-01-03T12:23:00Z
dc.date.available
2022-01-03T12:23:00Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/33091
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-32814
dc.description.abstract
Governments across the world have implemented restrictive policies to slow the spread of COVID-19. Recommended face mask use has been a controversially discussed policy, among others, due to potential adverse effects on physical distancing. Using a randomized field experiment (N = 300), we show that individuals kept a significantly larger distance from someone wearing a face mask than from an unmasked person during the early days of the pandemic. According to an additional survey experiment (N = 456) conducted at the time, masked individuals were not perceived as being more infectious than unmasked ones, but they were believed to prefer more distancing. This result suggests that wearing a mask served as a social signal that led others to increase the distance they kept. Our findings provide evidence against the claim that mask use creates a false sense of security that would negatively affect physical distancing. Furthermore, our results suggest that behavior has informational content that may be affected by policies.
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dc.format.extent
20 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
Health policy
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dc.subject
Risk compensation
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dc.subject
Social signaling
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dc.subject
Field experiment
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dc.subject.ddc
300 Sozialwissenschaften::350 Öffentliche Verwaltung, Militärwissenschaft::351 Öffentliche Verwaltung
dc.title
Face masks increase compliance with physical distancing recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1007/s40881-021-00108-6
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Journal of the Economic Science Association
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
2
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart
139
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend
158
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
7
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40881-021-00108-6
refubium.affiliation
Wirtschaftswissenschaft
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
2199-6784
refubium.resourceType.provider
WoS-Alert