Book contents
- Behavioural Economics and Policy for Pandemics
- Behavioural Economics and Policy for Pandemics
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Behavioural Economics and Policy for Pandemics
- Part I Evidence from Experiments and Behavioural Insights
- 2 What Have We Learned from Behavioural Economics for the COVID-19 Response?
- 3 Adaptation, COVID-19, and Climate Change
- 4 Risk-Taking, Risk Perception, and Risk Compensation in Times of COVID-19
- 5 A False Sense of Security?
- 6 Preparing for the Next Pandemic
- 7 Human Challenge Trials for Research on COVID-19 and Beyond
- 8 Do the Public Support ‘Hard’ or ‘Soft’ Public Policies?
- 9 One Size Does Not Fit All
- 10 Psychological and Behavioural Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- 11 Behavioural Science and the Irish COVID-19 Response
- 12 On the Use of Behavioural Science in a Pandemic
- 13 Behavioural Public Health?
- Part II Health Behaviours and Policies during Covid-19
- Index
- References
10 - Psychological and Behavioural Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Systematic Evidence and Takeaways
from Part I - Evidence from Experiments and Behavioural Insights
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 January 2025
Book contents
- Behavioural Economics and Policy for Pandemics
- Behavioural Economics and Policy for Pandemics
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Behavioural Economics and Policy for Pandemics
- Part I Evidence from Experiments and Behavioural Insights
- 2 What Have We Learned from Behavioural Economics for the COVID-19 Response?
- 3 Adaptation, COVID-19, and Climate Change
- 4 Risk-Taking, Risk Perception, and Risk Compensation in Times of COVID-19
- 5 A False Sense of Security?
- 6 Preparing for the Next Pandemic
- 7 Human Challenge Trials for Research on COVID-19 and Beyond
- 8 Do the Public Support ‘Hard’ or ‘Soft’ Public Policies?
- 9 One Size Does Not Fit All
- 10 Psychological and Behavioural Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- 11 Behavioural Science and the Irish COVID-19 Response
- 12 On the Use of Behavioural Science in a Pandemic
- 13 Behavioural Public Health?
- Part II Health Behaviours and Policies during Covid-19
- Index
- References
Summary
In this chapter we distil the available systematic evidence of the unintended consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on human behaviour, highlighting the contributions of behavioural science and the lessons learned from this multi-dimensional crisis. In light of this, behavioural science and policymaking could improve science communication and minimise the impact of false information, by leveraging various insights such as (i) nudging people to consider the accuracy of information and credibility of sources – for example, employing accuracy reminders; (ii) communicating risk more efficiently - for example,, using natural frequencies versus probabilities; and (iii) pre-exposing people to misinformation - for example,, adopting pre-emptive debunking. Behavioural science should thus continue informing the multi-disciplinary discussion about policy responses to future pandemics by systematically capturing and sharing the evidence about the direct and the spillover effects of future health crises on people’s health and behaviour.
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- Behavioural Economics and Policy for PandemicsInsights from Responses to COVID-19, pp. 191 - 219Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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