Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2020-08-03
Revision-Date: 2022-07-15
Number: 20-047/I
Author-Name: M.A.J. van Hulsen
Author-Workplace-Name: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Author-Name: K.I.M. Rohde
Author-Workplace-Name: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Author-Name: N.J.A. van Exel
Author-Workplace-Name: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Title: Consideration of others and consideration of future consequences predict cooperation in an acute Social Dilemma: An application to COVID-19.
Abstract: In the Netherlands, the COVID-19 pandemic raised an acute social dilemma where citizens could decide whether to comply with the precautionary measures recommended by the government. This paper examines the role of consideration of others and consideration of the future in explaining cooperation in a social dilemma. Through an online survey (N=1,019), consideration of future consequences (CFC), consideration of others (COO) and compliance with the precautionary measures were measured. The data were analyzed by means of Tobit-regressions and ordinal logistic regressions.
Results show that COO and CFC are both positively correlated with compliance with recommended precautionary measures. Moreover, COO and CFC-future do not interact, although they are positively correlated. Gender, age, perceived risk of COVID-19 infection for others, perceived compliance by others and opinion about government response to the pandemic also have a significant association with compliance. These findings emphasize the importance of consideration of others as well as consideration of the future in the prediction of cooperation in social dilemmas.
Classification-JEL: I18, D91, I12
Keywords: consideration of future consequences, consideration of others, social dilemma
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