Restarting 'Normal' Life after Covid-19 and the Lockdown

Evidence from Spain, the United Kingdom, and Italy

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ID2063970
AutoresCristiano Codagnone (0000-0001-5019-1712), Francesco Bogliacino (0000-0001-8874-8846), Camilo Gómez (0000-0001-9168-8522), Camilo Ernesto Gómez (0000-0001-6728-005X), Frans Folkvord (0000-0001-7602-3792), Giovanni Liva (0000-0002-5742-9612), Rafael Charris (0000-0002-5994-7894), Felipe Montealegre (0000-0001-7744-2200), Francisco Lupiañez Villanueva, Francisco Lupiáñez‐Villanueva (0000-0001-5361-7678), Giuseppe Veltri (0000-0002-9472-2236), Giuseppe A Veltri
Ano2021
Volume158
Fascículo1
Páginas241-265
Data de publicação2021-11-01
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Indicators Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0303-8300 • E-ISSN: 1573-0921
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s11205-021-02697-5
PMID33994649
OpenAlexW3162488451
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas22
Referências citadas73

In this article, we examine the expectations of the economic outlook, fear of the future, and behavioural change during the first Covid-19 wave, for three European countries (Spain, the United Kingdom, and Italy) that have been severely hit. We use a novel dataset that we collected to monitor the three countries during the crisis. As outcome variables, we used expectations (e.g., economic outlook, labour market situation, recovery), fear (e.g., scenario of new outburst, economic depression, restriction to individual rights and freedom), and behavioural change across the following dimensions: savings, cultural consumption, social capital, and risky behaviour. We provide descriptive evidence that is representative of the population of interest, and we estimate the impact of exposure to shock occurred during the crisis on the same outcome variables, using matching techniques. Our main findings are the following: we detected systematically negative expectations regarding the future and the recovery, majoritarian fears of an economic depression, a new outbreak, and a permanent restriction on freedom, a reduction in saving and in social capital. Exposure to shocks decreased expected job prospects, increased withdrawal from accumulated savings, and reduced contacts with the network relevant to job advancement, whereas it had inconclusive effects over fears

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