How long is too long? Communication, expectations and compliance with stay-at-home orders.
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About 300 million Americans in nearly 40 states and the District of Columbia have been requested to "stay-at-home" in an effort to mitigate the impact of Covid-19, and similar provisions are in place in many countries around the world. By helping to slow down contagion and alleviating the pressure on health systems, social distancing is an essential tool to fight this pandemic. Compliance with these norms is as essential as it is difficult to achieve. Professor Macis will discuss a new study based on a representative sample of Italians showing that expectations management is critical to ensure compliance.
Speakers:
Mario Macis, PhD is an Associate Professor of Economics. He is also Affiliate Faculty at the JHU Berman Institute of Bioethics, Associate Faculty at the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at JHU Medicine, and Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA, Bonn). Between 2016 and 2019, he served as Academic Program Director of Carey's MS in Health Care Management. Prof. Macis is an applied economist and his work focuses on how economic incentives interact with psychological factors and social norms to drive individual behavior and policy-relevant outcomes. His research interests include pro-social behavior, morally controversial transactions, global health, experimental economics, development economics, and labor economics. Prior to joining Carey, he was Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business. Prof. Macis has been a consultant for the World Bank, the International Labor Organization, the National Marrow Donor Program, and the United Nations Development Programme.
Joined by guest, David Unger, Adjunct Professor of American Foreign Policy at SAIS Europe, currently living in Italy under a stay-at-home order.
Resources:
https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/04/02/stay-at-home-order-end-date-affects-compliance/
https://promarket.org/managing-expectations-is-critical-to-ensure-compliance-with-stay-at-home-measures/