Title
Heterogeneous responses in Google Trends measures of well-being to the COVID-19 dynamic quarantines in Chile
Date Issued
01 December 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Springer Nature Limited
Abstract
We study how the Chilean population’s well-being responded to the strategy implemented by their health authorities, known as Dynamic Quarantine, to contain the spread of coronavirus in which municipalities periodically entered and exited lockdowns. This unique scheme, together with the population’s socioeconomic heterogeneity, facilitates the estimation of changes in this well-being as differentiated by socioeconomic status. Using Google Trends to compute measures of well-being, we find strong evidence that socioeconomic status induces heterogeneity in these changes; thus, neglecting this heterogeneity may lead to misleading prescriptions for the public policy that addresses the psychological effects of lockdowns.
Volume
12
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Economía Epidemiología Geografía económica y cultural
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85137066947
PubMed ID
Source
Scientific Reports
ISSN of the container
20452322
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