How laws affect the perception of norms: Empirical evidence from the lockdown.
PLoS One
; 16(9): e0256624, 2021.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1438344
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ABSTRACT
Laws not only affect behavior due to changes in material payoffs, but they may also change the perception individuals have of social norms, either by shifting them directly or by providing information on these norms. Using detailed daily survey data and exploiting the introduction of lockdown measures in the UK in the context of the COVID-19 health crisis, we provide causal evidence that the law drastically changed the perception of the norms regarding social distancing behaviors. We show that this effect of laws on perceived norms is mostly driven by an informational channel and that the intervention made perceptions of social norms converge to the actual prevalent norm.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Perception
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Social Behavior
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Quarantine
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Social Norms
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
PLoS One
Journal subject:
Science
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Medicine
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Journal.pone.0256624
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