Replication data for: "Policy Design for COVID-19: Worldwide Evidence on the Efficacies of Early Mask Mandates and Other Policy Interventions"
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Brian Y. An, Georgia Institute of Technology; Simon Porcher, IAE Paris; Shui-Yan Tang, University of Southern California; Emily Kim
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Dataset for Tables A1-A4.dta | application/x-stata-dta | 4.7 MB | 09/06/2021 11:55:AM |
Dataset for Tables A5-A6.dta | application/x-stata-dta | 318.5 KB | 08/20/2021 07:06:AM |
Dataset for Tables A7-A8.dta | application/x-stata-dta | 12.1 MB | 09/06/2021 11:30:AM |
PAR_Figure1_Data.xlsx | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet | 16.8 KB | 09/06/2021 12:06:PM |
PAR_Figure2_BoxPlotData.csv | text/csv | 3.7 KB | 09/06/2021 12:06:PM |
PAR_Figure2_RCode.R | text/x-rsrc | 732 bytes | 09/06/2021 12:06:PM |
Replication codes for all tables and figures.do | text/plain | 18 KB | 09/06/2021 11:23:AM |
Project Citation:
An, Brian Y., Porcher, Simon, Tang, Shui-Yan, and Kim, Emily. Replication data for: “Policy Design for COVID-19: Worldwide Evidence on the Efficacies of Early Mask Mandates and Other Policy Interventions.” Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-09-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/E149421V1
Project Description
Summary:
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To understand the extent to which a policy instrument’s early adoption is crucial in crisis
management, we leverage unique worldwide data that record the daily evolution of policy
mandate adoptions and COVID-19 infection and mortality rates. The analysis shows that
the mask mandate is consistently associated with lower infection rates in the short term,
and its early adoption boosts the long-term efficacy. By contrast, the other five policy
instruments—domestic lockdowns, international travel bans, mass gathering bans, and
restaurant and school closures—show weaker efficacy. Governments prepared for a public
health crisis with stronger resilience or capacity and those with stronger collectivist
cultures were quicker to adopt nationwide mask mandates. From a policy design
perspective, policymakers must avoid overreacting with less effective instruments and
underreacting with more effective ones during uncertain times, especially when
interventions differ in efficacy and cost.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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covid19;
policy design;
crisis management
Geographic Coverage:
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World
Time Period(s):
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1/1/2020 – 7/15/2020
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