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Alone at home : the impact of social distancing on norm-consistent behavior / Sabrina Jeworrek, Joschka Waibel
VerfasserJeworrek, Sabrina ; Waibel, Joschka
ErschienenHalle (Saale), Germany : Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) - Member of the Leibniz Association, [16. Juni 2021]
Umfang1 Online-Ressource (III, 23 ungezählte Seiten) : Diagramme
SpracheEnglisch
SerieIWH-Diskussionspapiere ; 2021, no. 8 (June 2021)
SchlagwörterCOVID-19 / human behavior / norm compliance / post-COVID / priming / pro-sociality / social expectations
URNurn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-138552 
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Around the globe the COVID-19 pandemic has turned daily live upside down since social distancing is probably the most effective means of containing the virus until herd immunity is reached. Social norms have been shown to be an important determinant of social distancing behaviors. By conducting two experiments and using the priming method to manipulate social isolation recollections we study whether social distancing has in turn affected norms of prosociality and norm compliance. The normative expectations of what behaviors others would approve or disapprove in our experimental setting did not change. Looking at actual behavior however we find that persistent social distancing indeed caused a decline in prosociality - even after the relaxation of social distancing rules and in times of optimism. At the same time our results contain some good news since subjects seem still to care for norms and become more prosocial once again after we draw their attention to the empirical norm of how others have previously behaved in a similar situation.