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Glogowsky, Ulrich ORCID: 0000-0002-0781-1119, Hansen, Emanuel ORCID: 0000-0003-3070-997X and Schachtele, Simeon (2021). How effective are social distancing policies? Evidence on the fight against COVID-19. PLoS One, 16 (9). SAN FRANCISCO: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE. ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

To fight the spread of COVID-19, many countries implemented social distancing policies. This is the first paper that examines the effects of the German social distancing policies on behavior and the epidemic's spread. Exploiting the staggered timing of COVID-19 outbreaks in extended event-study models, we find that the policies heavily reduced mobility and contagion. In comparison to a no-social-distancing benchmark, within three weeks, the policies avoided 84% of the potential COVID-19 cases (point estimate: 499.3K) and 66% of the potential fatalities (5.4K). The policies' relative effects were smaller for individuals above 60 and in rural areas.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Glogowsky, Ulrich UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-0781-1119 UNSPECIFIED Hansen, Emanuel UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-3070-997X UNSPECIFIED Schachtele, Simeon UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-579660
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0257363
Journal or Publication Title:	PLoS One
Volume:	16
Number:	9
Date:	2021
Publisher:	PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Place of Publication:	SAN FRANCISCO
ISSN:	1932-6203
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CORONAVIRUS Multiple languages Multidisciplinary Sciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/57966