Research Insights: Can Informational Nudges Increase Compliance with COVID-19 Measures?
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
May 2021
Publication
Subject
Health Behavior;
Coronavirus;
Pandemics;
Social Distancing;
Hand Hygiene;
Preventive Health Services
JEL code
D83 - Search • Learning • Information and Knowledge • Communication • Belief • Unawareness;
I18 - Government Policy • Regulation • Public Health;
I15 - Health and Economic Development
Country
Colombia
Category
Catalogs and Brochures
Nudges boosted concern about COVID-19 but had limited effects on either recent compliance or intended future compliance with recommendations from nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs). These null results were probably due to participants high baseline levels of information about and compliance with NPIsan informational diminishing returns scenario that is likely to be increasingly common globally. Nudges increased recent compliance among participants who were politically left-wing, were relatively poor, and lived with more people.
