Measuring voluntary social distancing behavior during the COVID 19 pandemic
Staying home is an important part of the effort to contain COVID 19 and limit deaths. Every state in the United States has enacted policies to encourage distancing and staying home. An important question is how these policies interact with individuals voluntary responses to COVID 19 cases and deaths. We find evidence of a non trivial voluntary response to local and nationally reported COVID 19 cases and deaths.
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