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| dc.title | Do You Have COVID-19?: How to Increase the Use of Diagnostic and Contact-Tracing Apps |
| dc.contributor.author | Martínez Villarreal, Déborah |
| dc.contributor.author | Parilli, Cristina |
| dc.contributor.author | Rojas Méndez, Ana María |
| dc.contributor.author | Scartascini, Carlos |
| dc.contributor.author | Simpser, Alberto |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Department of Research and Chief Economist |
| dc.coverage | Mexico |
| dc.date.available | 2021-03-25T00:00:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2021-03-25T00:00:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | Diagnostic and contact tracing apps are an important weapon against contagion during a pandemic. We study how the content of the messages used to promote the apps influences adoption by conducting a survey experiment on approximately 23,000 Mexican adults. Respondents were randomly assigned to one of three different prompts, or a control condition, before stating their willingness to adopt a diagnostic app and contact-tracing app. The prompt emphasizing government efforts to ensure data privacy, which has been one of the most common strategies, reduced willingness to adopt the diagnostic app by about 4 percentage points and the contact tracing app by 3 percentage points. An effective app promotion policy must understand individuals' reservations and be wary of unintended reactions to naive reassurances. |
| dc.format.extent | 1 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003131 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Do-You-Have-COVID-19-How-to-Increase-the-Use-of-Diagnostic-and-Contact-Tracing-Apps.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.medium | Adobe PDF |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Coronavirus |
| dc.subject | Pandemics |
| dc.subject | Mobile App |
| dc.subject | Contact Tracing |
| dc.subject | Information Privacy |
| dc.subject.jelcode | I12 - Health Behavior |
| dc.subject.jelcode | D91 - Intertemporal Household Choice • Life Cycle Models and Saving |
| dc.subject.jelcode | D62 - Externalities |
| dc.subject.jelcode | D90 - Intertemporal Choice: General |
| dc.subject.keywords | data privacy;COVID19;Priming;contact tracing apps;Diagnostic apps;Take-up |
| dc.type | Working Papers |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | IDB-WP-01213 |
| idb.operation | BK-C2135 |