The Interplay of Policy, Institutions, and Culture in the Time of COVID-19

This paper examines cross-country evidence of how the Covid-19 pandemic spread and the mortality rates associated with preexisting vulnerabilities, the government’s mobility restriction policy, institutions (democracy), and culture (individualistic...

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Main Authors:	Fang, Sheng, Xu, L. Colin, Yi, Yuanyuan
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT PANDEMIC SPREAD MORTALITY LOCKDOWN CLOSEDOWN CULTURE INSTITUTIONS PANDEMIC RESPONSE MOBILITY RESTRICTIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/372411604669851394/The-Interplay-of-Policy-Institutions-and-Culture-in-the-Time-of-Covid-19 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34771

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spelling	okr-10986-347712022-09-20T00:12:03Z The Interplay of Policy, Institutions, and Culture in the Time of COVID-19 Fang, Sheng Xu, L. Colin Yi, Yuanyuan CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT PANDEMIC SPREAD MORTALITY LOCKDOWN CLOSEDOWN CULTURE INSTITUTIONS PANDEMIC RESPONSE MOBILITY RESTRICTIONS This paper examines cross-country evidence of how the Covid-19 pandemic spread and the mortality rates associated with preexisting vulnerabilities, the government’s mobility restriction policy, institutions (democracy), and culture (individualistic culture and trust). Preexisting vulnerabilities (that is, the share of the elderly, urbanization, obesity prevalence, and air pollution) increase the spread of the pandemic and/or the mortality rate. On average, the government policy delay in mobility restriction, democracy, and culture indicators are not significantly associated with the pandemic outcomes. However, government delay in restricting mobility drastically amplifies the positive association between preexisting vulnerabilities and pandemic mortality. Individualistic culture and general trust amplify the positive links between pandemic mortality and the share of elderly people or urbanization. The analysis shows that in modeling the pandemic outcomes, it is important to consider cross-country spatial interactions. 2020-11-12T17:01:49Z 2020-11-12T17:01:49Z 2020-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/372411604669851394/The-Interplay-of-Policy-Institutions-and-Culture-in-the-Time-of-Covid-19 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34771 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9470 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic	CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT PANDEMIC SPREAD MORTALITY LOCKDOWN CLOSEDOWN CULTURE INSTITUTIONS PANDEMIC RESPONSE MOBILITY RESTRICTIONS
spellingShingle	CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT PANDEMIC SPREAD MORTALITY LOCKDOWN CLOSEDOWN CULTURE INSTITUTIONS PANDEMIC RESPONSE MOBILITY RESTRICTIONS Fang, Sheng Xu, L. Colin Yi, Yuanyuan The Interplay of Policy, Institutions, and Culture in the Time of COVID-19
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9470
description	This paper examines cross-country evidence of how the Covid-19 pandemic spread and the mortality rates associated with preexisting vulnerabilities, the government’s mobility restriction policy, institutions (democracy), and culture (individualistic culture and trust). Preexisting vulnerabilities (that is, the share of the elderly, urbanization, obesity prevalence, and air pollution) increase the spread of the pandemic and/or the mortality rate. On average, the government policy delay in mobility restriction, democracy, and culture indicators are not significantly associated with the pandemic outcomes. However, government delay in restricting mobility drastically amplifies the positive association between preexisting vulnerabilities and pandemic mortality. Individualistic culture and general trust amplify the positive links between pandemic mortality and the share of elderly people or urbanization. The analysis shows that in modeling the pandemic outcomes, it is important to consider cross-country spatial interactions.
format	Working Paper
author	Fang, Sheng Xu, L. Colin Yi, Yuanyuan
author_facet	Fang, Sheng Xu, L. Colin Yi, Yuanyuan
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title	The Interplay of Policy, Institutions, and Culture in the Time of COVID-19
title_short	The Interplay of Policy, Institutions, and Culture in the Time of COVID-19
title_full	The Interplay of Policy, Institutions, and Culture in the Time of COVID-19
title_fullStr	The Interplay of Policy, Institutions, and Culture in the Time of COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed	The Interplay of Policy, Institutions, and Culture in the Time of COVID-19
title_sort	interplay of policy, institutions, and culture in the time of covid-19
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/372411604669851394/The-Interplay-of-Policy-Institutions-and-Culture-in-the-Time-of-Covid-19 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34771
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