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Pandemics and social cohesion: Assessing and monitoring trust at the times of Coronavirus

Pandemics and social cohesion: Assessing and monitoring trust at the times of Coronavirus

Tipologia
Progetti locali (questa è l'unica già presente attualmente)
Ente finanziatore
Ricerca Locale, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Università Bocconi
Settore ERC
SH1_7 - Behavioural economics
SH1_15 - Public economics
SH3_5 - Attitudes and beliefs
Budget
7500
Periodo
15/05/2020 - 15/01/2022
Responsabile
Pierluigi Conzo
Arnstein Aassve

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Descrizione del progetto

This study shed lights on how social and political trust changed during the pandemic through a three-waves survey in the US (N=974). We elicited social and institutional trust, along with attribution of responsibility for the current situation. Results show that institutional trust fell, while interpersonal trust slightly increased, especially during the peak of the first pandemic wave. This dynamic was driven by Republicans, whose institutional trust decreased, especially when exposed to COVID-19, along with growth in social trust. Considering that Republicans attributed more responsibilities to Trump, we argue that institutional trust was crowded out by social trust. Disappointed voters felt unprotected by institutions and looked for support elsewhere in society. A priming experiment implemented in the last survey wave corroborate these findings. Overall, results suggest that societal shocks may induce people to exchange formal with informal institutions as a coping strategy, with social and political trust moving in opposite directions.

Joint with Arnstein Aassve, Letizia Mencarini, Nicolò Cavalli and Chen Peng (Bocconi University)

Risultati e pubblicazioni

Trust in the time of coronavirus: longitudinal evidence from the United States
2022-01-01 Arnstein Aassve; Tommaso Capezzone; Nicolo' Cavalli; Pierluigi Conzo; Chen Peng https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1844088

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