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Stay at Home! Governance Quality and Effectiveness of Lockdown.
Alfano, Vincenzo; Ercolano, Salvatore.
  • Alfano V; Department of Structures for Engineering and Architectures, University of Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy.
  • Ercolano S; Center for Economic Studies - CESifo, Munich, Germany.
Soc Indic Res ; 159(1): 101-123, 2022.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1286171
ABSTRACT
In order to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, during the first wave of the pandemic numerous countries decided to adopt lockdown policies. It had been a considerable time since such measures were last introduced, and the first time that they were implemented on such a global scale in a contemporary, information intensive society. The effectiveness of such measures may depend on how citizens perceive the capacity of government to set up and implement sound policies. Indeed, lockdown and confinement policies in general are binding measures that people are not used to, and which raise serious concerns among the population. For this reason governance quality could affect the perception of the benefits related to the government's choice to impose lockdown, making citizens more inclined to accept it and restrict their movements. In the present paper we empirically investigate the relation between the efficacy of lockdown and governance quality (measured through World Governance Indicators). Our results suggest that countries with higher levels of government effectiveness, rule of law and regulatory quality reach better results in adopting lockdown measures. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11205-021-02742-3.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies Language: English Journal: Soc Indic Res Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S11205-021-02742-3

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies Language: English Journal: Soc Indic Res Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S11205-021-02742-3