COVID-19 Compliance Behaviors of Older People: The Role of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills

[en] This paper examines the empirical relationship between individuals’ cognitive and non-cognitive abilities and COVID-19 compliance behaviors using cross-country data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). We find that both cognitive and non-cognitive skills predict responsible health behaviors during the COVID-19 crisis. Episodic memory is the most important cognitive skill, while conscientiousness and neuroticism are the most significant personality traits. There is also some evidence of a role for an internal locus of control in compliance.

Disciplines :

Social & behavioral sciences, psychology: Multidisciplinary, general & others

Author, co-author :

Clark, Andrew; Paris School of Economics - CNRS

d'Ambrosio, Conchita ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS)

Onur, Ilke; Flinders University

Zhu, Rong; Flinders University

External co-authors :

yes

Language :

English

Title :

COVID-19 Compliance Behaviors of Older People: The Role of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills

Publication date :

2022

Journal title :

Economics Letters

ISSN :

0165-1765

eISSN :

1873-7374

Publisher :

Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Volume :

210

Pages :

110158

Peer reviewed :

Peer reviewed

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