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Field
Intervention (Public)
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Before
Respondents will be given recommendations on 4 actions to avoid the exposure to Covid-19. These recommendations will be framed as coming from an expert, of which we will randomize the type of expert: government expert, private sector expert, academic expect, or an unspecified expert. The recommendations are:
- avoiding social gatherings, as they could lead to the propagation of Covid-19.
- exercising regularly to improve the immune system's response to Covid-19.
- spending a few minutes outside frequently (maintaining social distancing), so as to increase vitamin D levels and thus improve the body's response to Covid-19.
-wearing facemasks to avoid the propagation of Covid-19
We will also provide respondents with another recommendation unrelated to Covid-19, namely to reduce their consumption of meat (for people without nutritional requirements), in order to reduce their environmental impact.
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After
Respondents will be given recommendations on 4 actions to avoid the exposure to Covid-19. These recommendations will be framed as coming from an expert, of which we will randomize the type of expert: government expert, private sector expert, academic expect, or an unspecified expert. The recommendations are:
- avoiding social gatherings, as they could lead to the propagation of Covid-19.
- exercising regularly to improve the immune system's response to Covid-19.
- spending a few minutes outside frequently (maintaining social distancing), so as to increase vitamin D levels and thus improve the body's response to Covid-19.
-wearing facemasks to avoid the propagation of Covid-19
We will also provide respondents with another recommendation unrelated to Covid-19, namely to reduce their consumption of meat (for people without nutritional requirements), in order to reduce their environmental impact.
In a follow-up survey (conducted in December 2021), we will repeat the initial intervention (framed in a retrospective manner). We will also ask questions on: (i) perceived costliness/change of following each of the recommendations, and how often they conducted the activities from the recommendations before the pandemic, (ii) social norms around following/not following each of the recommendations, (iii) trust in experts before and after the pandemic, (iv) personality traits (obedience, openness to change, altruism, etc)
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Field
Primary Outcomes (Explanation)
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Before
We will also examine whether there are heterogeneous effects according to: (i) how hard the respondent declares it is to enagage in the expert recommendation, (ii) how much the respondent reports to trust experts, (iii) how frequently they engaged in the actions described by the expert in the week before, (iv) impact of the Covid-19 crisis and outlook about the future of the economy, and (v) perceived compliance of others with health recommendations related to Covid-19.
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After
We will also examine whether there are heterogeneous effects according to: (i) how hard the respondent declares it is to enagage in the expert recommendation, (ii) how much the respondent reports to trust experts, (iii) how frequently they engaged in the actions described by the expert in the week before, (iv) impact of the Covid-19 crisis and outlook about the future of the economy, and (v) perceived compliance of others with health recommendations related to Covid-19, (vi) personality traits (obedience, openness to change, altruism, etc)
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