Effects of Social Mobility and Stringency Measures on the COVID-19 Outcomes: Evidence From the United States

Jianmin Sun; Keh Kwek; Min Li; Hongzhou Shen

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.779501

Frontiers in Public Health (Nov 2021)

Effects of Social Mobility and Stringency Measures on the COVID-19 Outcomes: Evidence From the United States

Jianmin Sun,
Keh Kwek,
Min Li,
Hongzhou Shen

Affiliations

Jianmin Sun: School of Management, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China
Keh Kwek: School of Management, Qingdao City University, Qingdao, China
Min Li: School of Economics, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin, China
Hongzhou Shen: School of Management, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.779501
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9

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This paper examines the effects of stringency measures (provided by the Oxford Coronavirus Government Response Tracker) and total time spent away from home (provided by the Google COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports) on the COVID-19 outcomes (measured by total COVID-19 cases and total deaths related to the COVID-19) in the United States. The paper focuses on the daily data from March 11, 2020 to August 13, 2021. The ordinary least squares and the machine learning estimators show that stringency measures are negatively related to the COVID-19 outcomes. A higher time spent away from home is positively associated with the COVID-19 outcomes. The paper also discusses the potential economic implications for the United States.

Published in Frontiers in Public Health

ISSN: 2296-2565 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health

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