Older People are Less Pessimistic about the Health Risks of Covid-19

Older People are Less Pessimistic about the Health Risks of Covid-19

A central question for understanding behaviour during the Covid-19 pandemic, at both the individual and collective levels, is how people perceive the health and economic risks they face. We conducted a survey of over 1,500 Americans from May 6 – 13, 2020, to understand these risk perceptions. Here w...

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Veröffentlicht in:NBER Working Paper Series 2020-07
Hauptverfasser: Coffman, Katherine B, Gennaioli, Nicola, Bordalo, Pedro, Shleifer, Andrei
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Economic theory
Economics of Health
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Personal health
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Zusammenfassung:A central question for understanding behaviour during the Covid-19 pandemic, at both the individual and collective levels, is how people perceive the health and economic risks they face. We conducted a survey of over 1,500 Americans from May 6 – 13, 2020, to understand these risk perceptions. Here we report some preliminary results. Our most striking finding is that perceived personal health risks associated with Covid-19 fall sharply with age.
ISSN:0898-2937
DOI:10.3386/w27494