Alina K. Bartscher|Sebastian Seitz|Sebastian Siegloch|Michaela Slotwinski|Nils Wehrhöfer
Social capital and the spread of covid-19: Insights from european countries
Danmarks Nationalbank|University of Mannheim|University of Mannheim|University of Basel|Deutsche Bundesbank
investigate effect social capital health outcomes covid19 pandemic independent analyses austria germany great britain italy netherlands sweden switzerland exploiting detailed geographical variation within countries show onestandarddeviation increase social capital leads 14 34 fewer covid19 cases per capita accumulated midmarch end june 2020 well 6 35 fewer excess deaths per capita results highlight positive health returns strengthening social capital