When Distrust Goes Viral – Causal Eﬀects of Covid-19 on European Political Attitudes

Daniele, Gianmarco; Martinangeli, Andrea; Passarelli, Francesco; Sas, Willem; Windsteiger, Lisa

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“…Hence, we find moderate signs of a rally effect, as found after terrorist attacks (Chanley, 2002;Gaines, 2002;Hetherington and Nelson, 2003;Skocpol, 2002;Perrin and Smolek, 2009). Our results, however, are in contrast to the findings of Daniele et al (2020), who also use a survey during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trust in international institutions is not affected when looking at the entire sample (Table 4, Column 4).…”

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“…The detrimental effects of distrust on health is impressively documented by Alsan and Wanamaker (2018); the exploitation and mistreatment by the medical profession of adult black men with Syphilis from the 1930s to the early 1970s reduced the trust of this group in the health care system, which in turn reduced significantly their life expectancy. The current COVID-19 pandemic is investigated through an online survey as in our case by Daniele et al (2020) who find a decline in institutional trust.…”

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Socio-Economic Attitudes in the Era of Social Distancing and Lockdowns

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We examine the impact of the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the nationwide movement restrictions on socio-economic attitudes in four European countries (France, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom). We conducted large-scale surveys while the pandemic rapidly spread before and after nationwide lockdowns were implemented. We investigate the impact in three different categories of attitudes: i) economic perceptions (economic insecurity and views on globalization); ii) political attitudes (trust in domestic and international institutions, populism and immigration); and iii) social aspects (authoritarianism and loneliness). We find that overall, the pandemic/social-distancing, but not the lockdowns, has increased economic insecurity, loneliness, and acceptance of authoritarianism while decreasing support for globalization. On the bright side, there is a sensible increase in trust in domestic institutions. We also document that the pandemic had heterogeneous and disproportional effects both at the country level and at the demographic group level. In terms of societal groups, our results suggest that the aggregate results are mostly driven by a number of groups, most notably women, families with children, and the labor force.

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Socio-Economic Attitudes in the Era of Social Distancing and Lockdowns

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“…See also: "Covid-19 and socio-political attitudes in Europe: In competence we trust. ", VoxEU/CEPR policy portal(Daniele et al, 2020b).…”

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Fear and Loathing in Times of Distress – Causal Impact of Social and Economic Insecurity on Anti-Immigration Sentiment

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The causal nexus between socio-economic stressors and anti-immigration sentiments remains unclear despite increasing evidence over their correlation. We exploit the social and economic disruptions brought about by the epidemic outbreak in March 2020 to randomly provide survey respondents with, at the time of the survey, pessimistic information about the economic and health consequences of the epidemic. Both economic and social stressors causally induce upsurges in anti-immigration sentiment and demand for fiscal pressure retrenchment. However, radicalised attitudes are accompanied by political radicalisation only when the negative economic consequences of the epidemic are highlighted.

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When Distrust Goes Viral – Causal Eﬀects of Covid-19 on European Political Attitudes

Cited by 2 publications

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Socio-Economic Attitudes in the Era of Social Distancing and Lockdowns

Socio-Economic Attitudes in the Era of Social Distancing and Lockdowns

Fear and Loathing in Times of Distress – Causal Impact of Social and Economic Insecurity on Anti-Immigration Sentiment

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