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

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	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Multidisciplinary, general & others
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/48542

Title :	COVID-19 Compliance Behaviors of Older People: The Role of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills
Language :	English
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]
Publication date :	In press
Journal title :	Economics Letters
Publisher :	Elsevier
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBi^lu)
Audience :	International
ISSN :	0165-1765
e-ISSN :	1873-7374
City :	Amsterdam
Country :	Netherlands
Keywords :	[en] Cognitive skills ; Locus of control ; Personality traits ; Compliance
Abstract :	[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.
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